Anna Farquhar

Anna Farquhar (after marriage, Anna Bergengren; pen name, Margaret Allston; December 23, 1865 – 1945) was an American author and editor. ''A Singer's Heart'' (1897) and ''The Devil's Plough'' (1901) were published under her maiden name, "Anna Farquhar", but she used a pseudonym, "Margaret Allston", thereafter.

Anna planned to be a professional singer, but her health failed while studying in Boston, London and Paris. Farquhar wrote for the ''Boston Transcript'', ''Detroit Free Press'', and ''Springfield Republican'' during her musical career and served as assistant editor of ''National Magazine''.

Her story, ''The Singer's Heart,'' expressed her professional ambitions. ''The Professor's Daughter'' was published in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' and ''Her Boston Experiences'' initially appeared in a magazine, then in book form in 1899. ''The Devil's Plough'' was a story of the early French missionaries of North America. ''Her Washington Experiences: As Related by a Cabinet Minister's Wife'', her first real success as a writer, reflected her life in Washington, D.C. She was also the author of ''Letters of a Cabinet Member's Wife'', 1897. Provided by Wikipedia