Anna Harris Goodman^[1] is an American songwriter who was married to Ben Folds from 1987 to 1992. She was best friends with Ben since they were school children, and encouraged him to play piano at a young age. She was the manager of his band Majosha in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They were married at a young age in their early 20s, and often collaborated on songwriting. She co-wrote several Ben Folds Five songs including:^[2]

• "Alice Childress" (Ben Folds Five)
• "The Last Polka" (Ben Folds Five)
• "Kate" (Whatever and Ever Amen)
• "Smoke" (Whatever and Ever Amen)
• "Lullabye" (The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner)

Anna was also a long-time member of Sin-é Cafe's resident band Porkchop, which was composed of Beavis and Butt-head directors and producers, Mike deSeve and Brian Mulroney; Ryan Adams guitarist J. P. Bowersock; Dale Burleyson; Gaijin a Go-Go's Phil Maynes; Brad Brown and Chris LaFrenz.

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