page_title: Ann S. Stephens
hierarchical_section_title: Ann S. Stephens
caption_attribution_description: engraving of Ann S. Stephens, (1813—1886) , a novelist, poet and activist.
context_page_description: Ann Sophia Stephens was an American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre.
context_section_description: Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886) was an American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre.
caption: Ann S. Stephens, circa 1844
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