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Mary Dixie Carter

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Mary Dixie Carter is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Photographer and Marguerite by the Lake, coming in May 2025. Her writing has appeared in TIME, The Economist, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The New York Sun, The New York Observer and other print and online publications. She worked at The Observer for five years, where she served as the publishing director. In addition to writing, she also has a background as a professional actor. Mary Dixie graduated from Harvard with an honors degree in English Literature and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.

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Average rating: 3.27 · 6,646 ratings · 1,736 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Photographer 3.28 avg rating — 5,839 ratings — published 2021 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marguerite by the Lake 3.10 avg rating — 739 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Minotaur Sampler, Volume 2: New Books to Make Your Heart Race by Brian Klingborg (Goodreads Author), Ashley Weaver (Goodreads Author), Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Some children don't have imaginations because they don't need them.”
― Mary Dixie Carter, The Photographer

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“I considered that my job- to convey to them that I understood their world.”
― Mary Dixie Carter, The Photographer

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“I don't know that I ever became the person I was meant to be.”
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