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Sorcerer of phrases. Dragon-like hoarder of words. Writer.

Mary E. Shurtleff loves to travel, war against tyranny, fall in love, and invent...most of which happen between the pages of books.

As a military child, she doesn't really consider a single state as home, but claims Kansas for convenience with a little bit of the south on the side. She studied English Teaching at college, and now tries to get high schoolers to enjoy bookish adventures as much as she does.

Mary writes variety of fiction genres, currently focusing in adult works of non-magical fantasy that often have a strong romance, baked with sides of bandits, revolutions, and fairytales. ...more

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M Shurtleff and 1 other person liked Mason Smith's review of North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2): "I came very close to DNFing this book and the series as a whole. But similar to the first book, the last third or so of the story was actually quite good. It took me almost 9 months to force myself to get to the good part though. The first half of th" Read more of this review »
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M Shurtleff answered Goodreads's question: Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story? I'm just going to post this line from one of the books I'm editing right now: "She opened the door and walked right out, as if from an argument she didn’t like rather than the hands of the national police. The Edrodna shouted after, but that didn’t st See Full Answer
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