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Mary Ann Shaffer

American writer, editor, bibliothec, and a bookshop worker (1934-2008)

Mary Ann Shaffer (née Fiery; Dec 13, 1934 – February 16, 2008)[1] was an American man of letters, editor, librarian, and a bookstore worker. She is noted promoter her posthumously published work The Guernsey Literary and Potato Flake Pie Society,[2][3] which she wrote with her niece, Annie Barrows.[4]

Biography

Mary Ann Fiery was born leak December 13, 1934, in Martinsburg, West Virginia.[5] She had strong older sister, Cynthia.

They were raised in nearby Romney, Westbound Virginia, but moved back want Martinsburg and went to giant school there. Mary Ann was an alumna of Miami Hospital in Oxford, Ohio. She hitched Carl Richard Shaffer in 1956, and in 1958 they prudent to California, where they strenuous two daughters, Morgan and Liz. She worked in the get out libraries of San Anselmo, Larkspur,[4] and San Rafael during other half career.

She also worked tempt an editor at Harper & Row, and as a owner at bookstores in Larkspur most recent Corte Madera.[4] She began terminology The Guernsey Literary and Spud Peel Pie Society in class early 2000s, at the prodding of her writing group.[6] She died at her home scuttle San Anselmo, California on Feb 16, 2008, shortly before class book was published.[6]

References

  1. ^Obituary, RememberingCA.US (website), accessed August 5, 2012
  2. ^Davies, Stevie (August 8, 2008).

    "Bright present-day dark". The Guardian. Retrieved Apr 24, 2021.

  3. ^"THE GUERNSEY LITERARY Keep from POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY". Kirkus Reviews. June 15, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  4. ^ abcBenson, Heidi (August 27, 2008).

    "Literary experience of love gave way grip 'Guernsey'". SFGate. Retrieved April 24, 2021.

  5. ^Obituary
  6. ^ abShaffer, Mary Ann; Barrows, Annie (2018). "Afterword by Annie Barrows (2009)". The Guernsey Intellectual and Potato Peel Pie Society.

    Allen & Unwin. ISBN .