Andover Author - Mary McGarry Morris

Andover resident Mary McGarry Morris is a well known author,- both of novels and short stories, and a playwright. Mary's characters come from her life experience. Growing up she lived in a small town in Vermont, much like the settings of her novels. Later she became a state social worker and saw individuals struggling to maintain a life.

• Light from a Distant Star (2011)
• Last Secret (2009)
• Lost Mother (2005)
• Hole in the Universe (2004)
• Fiona Range (2000)
• Vanished (1998) finalist for both a National Book Award and a Pen/Faulkner Award
• Songs in Ordinary Time (1995) made into movie for television and listed as an Oprah Book Club pick
• A Dangerous Woman (1992) made into a movie staring Debra Winger

See

• "Inside the Lives of Outsiders," Boston Globe, March 9, 2005
• "The Last Secret is Out: Mary McGarry Morris Releasing New Book", Andover Townsman, April 2, 2009
• "McGarry Morris' new "Light from a Distant Star", Andover Townsman, October 6, 2011
• "Mary Morris McGarry" Publisher's Weekly, December 7, 1990, page 57.
• Mary McGarry Morris

--Eleanor 15:36, November 16, 2011 (EST)

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