Meet the Author: Mary Brunini McArdle


Alice Reflected
Thriller
April 2008
Rain Publishing



Meet the Author
Mary Brunini McArdle

Mary Brunini McArdle was raised in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She has a B.A. with a major in History and a minor in English from the University of Dallas, and graduate courses in History, Military Strategy, and English. Continuing Education (credit and noncredit) consists of Marine Science, Creative Writing, Art, Environmental Science, and Zoology.

McArdle’s work experience has been varied. She has numerous publication credits and awards in Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Short Plays. For eight years she was Poetry Columnist for an Illinois journal. Publication credits include THE VILLAGER, MISSISSIPPI GARDENS, MISSISSIPPI OUTDOORS, INNISFREE, THE ROSWELL LITERARY REVIEW, MOBIUS, and others. Recently she has been publishing online, in COMBAT MAGAZINE, APHELION, THE TRUTH MAGAZINE, BEWILDERING STORIES, and more.

McArdle also participated in the recording of a CD of contemporary religious music by an Alabama musician. She has been active in church, senior, and combined choirs. McArdle also designs original, handmade doll clothes.

She has taught Military Strategy, History, and Poetry for the U.A.H. Lifetime Learning Program and Writing at the Huntsville and Madison Senior Centers.

This summer she won two prizes (her first) in Southern Expressions, an annual Tennessee art exhibit.

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