Anna Sewell old Lammas Quaker meeting house. Anna Sewell Anna Sewell (; 30 March 1820 – 25 April 1878) was an English novelist. She is well known as the author of the 1877 novel "Black Beauty," one of the top ten best selling novels for children ever created. Sewell was born on 30 March 1820 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, into a devoutly Quaker family. Her father was Isaac Phillip Sewell (1793–1879), and her mother, Mary Wright Sewell (1798–1884), was a successful author of children's books. She had one sibling, a younger brother named Philip. The children were largely educated at home by
Anna Theresa Cascio Anna Theresa Cascio Anna Theresa Cascio (born November 7, 1955), sometimes billed as Anna Cascio, is an American writer. She has written plays and for television, particularly for soap operas. "All My Children" "As the World Turns" "One Life to Live" "General Hospital" "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" In 1988-89, the Manhattan Class Company performed her "Bikini Snow" Off-Off-Broadway and En Garde Arts presented her play "Minny and the James Boys" A scene from her play "June 8, 1968" was included in the book "Duo!: Best Scenes for the 90's". Her play "Crystal" was "critically acclaimed" and premiered