Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Anya Seton

Born: January 23, 1904
Died: November 8, 1990 (aged 86)
Bio: Anya Seton was the pen name of Ann Seton Chase, an American author of historical romances, or as she preferred they be called, "biographical novels".
Known for:
- Katherine (1954)
- Green Darkness (1972)
- Dragonwyck (1944)
- The Winthrop Woman (1958)
- Devil Water (1962)