She also invented the 'girl detective': in the character of Violet Strange, a debutante with a secret life as a sleuth. Her main character was detective Ebenezer Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Police Force, but in three novels he is assisted by the nosy society spinster Amelia Butterworth, the prototype for Miss Marple, Miss Silver and other creations. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel." Green is credited with shaping detective fiction into its classic form, and developing the series detective. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Anna Katherine Green Anna Katharine Green (NovemApril 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist.
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