Mary Wright Sewell Mary Wright Sewell Mary Wright Sewell (; 6 April 1797 – 10 June 1884) was an English poet and children's author. Though popular for writing juvenile bestsellers in her day, she is better known today as the mother of Anna Sewell, the author of "Black Beauty". Mary was born into the Quaker faith in 1797, and she married Isaac Sewell on the 15 June 1819 at Lamas in Norfolk. Her daughter Anna was born in 1820 and her son Philip two years later. Her husband Isaac had a number of ill-advised businesses and he declared himself bankrupt after his son
It Was Written and Jim Farber of the "New York Daily News" named it the sixth best album of 1996. German-based magazine "Spex" ranked it number four on its "End of Year" list, while the UK-based magazine "The Face" named it the twenty-fourth best album of 1996. "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" was ranked number 29 on "NME"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Singles of the Year list, and number 20 on "The Village Voice"s Pazz & Jop critics' poll. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance in 1997. Since its release, "It Was Written" remains Nas' best-selling release to date.