Born Storytellers

Ann N. Black is a former Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. A native of Iowa, Black graduated from Northwestern University, where she received a B.S. from the School of Communication, then worked as an actress and a writer and producer of children's radio dramas. After marrying a theatre professor, she, too, switched to the academic life, still specializing in drama and often serving as a Critic Judge for the Interscholastic League One-Act Play Contests in Texas. Her experiences from directing, teaching, and writing led her to a M.A. in English and Oral Interpretation from the University of North Texas, then to her teaching position at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

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• Introduction Louisa May Alcott: Louisa May Alcott and Little Women--Double Image Daniel Defoe: The Surprising Aventures of Daniel Defoe and Robinson Crusoe Charles Dickens: The Class Act of Charles Dickens and Great Expectations Rudyard Kipling: Rudyard Kipling Unveils the Mist from the East Edgar Allan Poe: Edgar Allan Poe Weaves a Dark World William Shakespeare: William Shakespeare and his Phantasmagoria of Fantasies Mary Shelley: Mary Shelley Creates a Novel of Horror with Frankenstein Robert L. Stevenson: Robert Louis Stevenson, Tusitala, Spins Treasure Island Harriet B. Stowe: The Path to Uncle Tom's Cabin with Harriet Beecher Stowe Jules Verne: Into the Depths of Jules Verne and Captain Nemo