She wrote about embarking on her writing career with a second place win in a St. Nicholas Magazine writing contest for chikdren.[2] She began her professional writing career at the New York Commercial Advertiser in 1896. Sholl wrote in a wide variety of genres: poetry, short stories, magazine articles, book reviews, fairy tales, and mystery novels. She converted to Catholicism in 1916 and some of her work is about religious subjects.[3]
Her short story "The Black Roses" was published in The Black Cat in March 1904. Compared to "Rappaccini's Daughter", the story concerns a scientist who uses his laboratory to subject roses to poisons which turn the flowers black.[4]
Her book Carmichael won a bronze medal from the Lyceum Club in London, England.[5]
Anna McClure Sholl died on April 1, 1956 in New York City.[6][7]
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