Editing Anya Seton (section)

== Early life and education ==
Anya Seton was born '''Ann Seton''' on January 23, 1904, at her parents' [[Bryant Park]] apartment in [[New York City]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Anya Seton {{!}} Historical Fiction, Novels, Biographies {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anya-Seton |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> Her father, [[Ernest Thompson Seton]], was [[Boy Scouts of America]] co-founder, naturalist, and author. Ernest, a British immigrant, has notable Scottish lineage in [[Northumberland]].<ref name="AustinChronicle" /> Ernest and his family immigrated to [[Canada]] in 1866, later moving to America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ernest Thompson Seton {{!}} Naturalist, Artist, Conservationist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernest-Thompson-Seton |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> Her mother was [[Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson]], an author, [[suffragist]], two-time president of the [[National League of American Pen Women]], and founder of the Campfire Girls.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="AustinChronicle" /> Seton grew up in the Connecticut towns of [[Cos Cob, Connecticut|Cos Cob]] and [[Greenwich, Connecticut|Greenwich.]]<ref name="AustinChronicle" /><ref name="WPostObit">{{Cite news |date=11 November 1990 |title=Best-Selling Novelist Anya Seton Dies |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1158112.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610083615/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1158112.html |archive-date=10 June 2014 |access-date=8 July 2013 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}} {{Subscription required}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Anya Seton |url=https://etsetoninstitute.org/anya-seton/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Ernest Thompson Seton Institute |language=en-US}}</ref> 

Seton was primarily educated by private tutors and graduated from [[Spence School]]. She graduated on May 17, 1921, with a [[diploma]] in English<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Okoroafo |first=Lindsey Marie |date=12 May 2017 |title=Breaking the cycle of silence: the significance of Anya Seton's historical fiction. |url=https://ir.library.louisville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3776&context=etd |access-date=24 July 2024 |website=University of Louisville}}</ref> but she never attended college.<ref name="AustinChronicle" /><ref name="Library">{{Cite web |date=2018-02-23 |title=Greenwich Author Anya Seton |url=https://www.greenwichlibrary.org/greenwich-author-anya-seton/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Greenwich Library |language=en-US}}</ref> The Setons were wealthy, and Seton often traveled with her parents.<ref name=":0" /> Despite her family's money, Seton very often moved homes. Because of this, Seton was unable to think of any place as her true home, nor any school as her true school. Ernest was often away, and even when he was around, he frequently criticized his daughter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tod |first=M. K. |date=2020-10-22 |title=Anya Seton: A Writing Life by Lucinda MacKethan |url=https://awriterofhistory.com/2020/10/22/anya-seton-a-writing-life-by-lucinda-mackethan/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=A Writer of History |language=en-US}}</ref> Since her parents were often busy with their careers, Seton spent much time with her governess.<ref name=":1" />

Seton's parents did not have any other children.<ref name="AustinChronicle" /> They separated in the late 1920s and divorced in 1934.<ref name="AustinChronicle" /><ref name=":2" /> Following the divorce, her father moved to [[New Mexico]].<ref name="AustinChronicle" />