Anne Emery was born Anne Eleanor McGuigan, in
Fargo, North Dakota, and moved to Evanston,
Illinois, when she was nine years old. Miss School
and Northwestern University. Following her
graduation from college, her father, a university
professor, took the family of five children abroad for
a year, where they visited his birthplace in Northern
Ireland, as well as the British Isles, France,
Switzerland, and Italy. Miss McGuigan spent nine
months studying at the University of Grenoble in
France. She taught seventh and eighth grades for
four years in the Evanston Schools, and fourth and
fifth grades for six more years after her marriage to
John Emery. She retired from teaching to care for
her husband and five children, Mary, Kate, Joan,
Robert, and Martha. In addition to managing her
household, Ms. Emery took part in numerous
community activities. Eventually, Ms. Emery wrote
short stories and books for girls becoming one of our
favorite authors of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.