Anita Shreve

Anita Shreve was an American author of women’s fiction, historical fiction, literary fiction, romantic fiction, psychological thrillers, family saga and non-fiction. She considers Edith Wharton and Eugene O’Neill her influences, having read them during high school. Anita was working as a high school teacher when she decided to quit her job and start writing. She has also taught creative writing at Amherst College and worked as a journalist in Nairobi, Kenya. Anita lives in Massachusetts, was married to a man she met when she was 13 and had two children and three stepchildren. Anita passed on March 29th, 2018. Anita Shreve made her literary debut with the short story Past the Island, Drifting in 1975. During the mid-to-late ’80s, she wrote non-fiction and collaborated on two occasions with Dr. Lawrence Balter. Her first novel was published in 1989 and titled Eden Close. Below is a list of Anita Shreve’s books in order of when they were first published (as well as in chronological order):