Agnes Newton Keith

Agnes Newton Keith
Portrait of Agnes Newton Keith
Portrait of Agnes Newton Keith
BornAgnes Jones Goodwillie Newton
(1901-07-04)July 4, 1901
Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMarch 30, 1982(1982-03-30) (aged 80)
Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada
Notable worksThree Came Home (1947)
Spouse
(m. 1934)
Children2

Agnes Newton Keith (born Agnes Jones Goodwillie Newton; July 4, 1901 – March 30, 1982) was an American writer best known for her three autobiographical accounts of life in North Borneo (now Sabah) before, during, and after World War II. The second of these, Three Came Home, tells of her time in Japanese prisoner-of-war camp and civilian internee camp in North Borneo and Sarawak, and was made into a film of the same name in 1950. She published seven books in all.