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Mary Waters-Sayer, author of The Blue Bath (May 2016, St. Martin’s Press), is originally from New York. She has a B.A. in Literature and Rhetoric from Binghamton University and later studied writing at Stanford University’s Continuing Education program.

As expected of all good English majors, she began her career in publishing before moving to San Francisco where she worked in investor and public relations. She spent twelve years as an expatriate in London, working in investor and corporate communications and traveling extensively.

She currently lives outside of Boston with her family. The Blue Bath is her first novel.

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