Anne Homer

Who was Anne Homer?

Anne Homer Doerflinger was an American writer who is best known for her short works of fiction. Under the name Anne Homer she published more than 100 short stories in magazines like Good Housekeeping, The Ladies Home Journal, Mademoiselle, and The Saturday Evening Post among others. A 1929 graduate of Smith College, she was the daughter of composer Sidney Homer and opera singer Louise Homer. She notably penned a biography on her mother: Louise Homer and the Golden Age of Opera.

Homer's sister was the author Joy Homer who died in 1946 at the age of 31 after a prolonged illness. Joy was married to editor William M. Doerflinger of E.P. Dutton and Macmillan Publishing, and the couple had one daughter together, Katherine. Anne took care of her sister and her family through the years illness, and following Joy's death, she became William's second wife. Anne and William had four children of their own together.

Homer died at the age of 87 of cancer at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, New Jersey.