UConn Magazine: Bobbie Ann Mason — Then and Now Writing her latest novel “Dear Ann,” Mason says she thought often about UConn, about the beauty of campus in the fall and about meeting her husband near Diana’s Pool. (Guy Mendes / Contributed Photo) Copy Link Growing up on her family’s dairy farm in Kentucky, Bobbie Ann Mason ’72 Ph.D., ’02 H explored the natural world unfolding all around her. The farm was at the very center of her family, but even as a young girl, she knew she wanted a different life. She loved to read, she says — “The Bobbsey Twins,” Nancy Drew mysteries, and “Little Women.”