Anne Brontë was a British novelist and poet, the youngest member of the renowned Brontë literary family. Born on 17 January 1820, she was the daughter of Maria (née Branwell) and Patrick Brontë, a poor Irish clergyman in the Church of England. Anne lived most of her life with her family at the parish of Haworth on the Yorkshire Dales.

She attended a boarding school in Mirfield between 1836 and 1837 and worked as a governess between 1839 and 1845. In 1846, Anne published a book of poems with her sisters and later wrote two novels, initially under the pen name Acton Bell. Her first novel, Agnes Grey, was published in 1847 alongside Wuthering Heights by her sister Emily Brontë. Anne's second novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, published in 1848, is often considered one of the first feminist novels.

Anne tragically died at the age of 29, most likely from pulmonary tuberculosis. After her death, her sister Charlotte edited Agnes Grey to correct issues in its first edition but prevented the republication of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. This has contributed to Anne being less well-known than her sisters. Nevertheless, her novels are considered classics of English literature.