Queen of the Falls
Queen of the Falls is a 2011 fiction novel by children's writer Chris Van Allsburg. Plot summary. "Queen of the Falls" is about a 62-year-old woman named Annie Edson Taylor who remembers getting closer and closer to Niagara Falls with her father, entranced by the sight and sound of the water. Finally, as a 62-year-old, she goes over the falls in a wooden barrel, seeking fortune and fame.