Anna Bartlett Warner

• Name — Anna Bartlett Warner • Pen Name — Amy Lothrop • Born — 31 August 1824 • Birthplace — Long Island, New York • Died — 22 January 1915 • Place of death — Highland Falls, New York • Resting Place — West Point Cemetery • Occupation — Author

Anna Bartlett Warner was born on Long Island on August 31, 1824. She and her sister became devout Christians in the late 1830s. After their conversion, they became confirmed members of the Mercer Street Presbyterian church, although in the 1860s, Anna became drawn into Methodist circles. She died at her home in Highland Falls, New York on January 22, 1915.

The best known of her hymns is almost certainly "Jesus Loves Me". Some stanzas of this appear in modern hymnals rewritten by David Rutherford McGuire. She wrote some books jointly with her sister Susan Warner (Elizabeth Wetherell) which included Wych Hazel (1853), Mr. Rutherford's Children (1855) and The Hills of the Shatemuc (1856). She sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Amy Lothrop. She wrote thirty-one novels on her own, the most popular of which was Dollars and Cents (1852), Others were Gold of Chickaree, In West Point Colors (1904), Stories of Blackberry Hollow and Stories of Vinegar Hill (1872). She also wrote a biography of her sister Susan.