Anna Christian

Anna Christian was born in New York but has spent most of her adult life in California. For over twenty years she taught high school and community college in Los Angeles and Moreno Valley. Her first book, published in 1999 is titled Meet it, Greet it, and Defeat it! the Biography of Frances E. Williams, Actress/Activist. It was Mrs. Williams's inspiring life and her motto "Just Do It!" which motivated the author to keep this unsung hero's memory alive. She has since written and published five more books, Then Sings My Soul, fiction/contemporary women; Mrs. Griffin is Missing and Other Stories, and The Newcomer, Bobby and Sonny Mystery for preteens; the Big Table, a children's picture book; and Daniel's Wife, fiction/contemporary women; Christian is the recipient of the 1999 research and Status of Black Women in the Arts award from the So. California Conference Branch, Women's Missionary society of the AME Church.