Mary Francis Shura Writer

Mary Francis Shura Craig, née Young (23 February 1923 in Pratt, Kansas – 12 January 1991 in Maywood, Illinois) was an American writer of over 50 novels from 1960 to 1990. She wrote children's adventures and young adult romances as Mary Francis Shura, M. F. Craig, and Meredith Hill; gothic novels as Mary Craig; romance novels as Alexis Hill, Mary Shura Craig and Mary S. Craig; and suspense novels as M. S. Craig.She was a recipient of the Carl Sandburg Literary Arts Award in 1985, and was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1990.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Shura Mary Francis (pseudonym); Craig Mary (pseudonym); Hill Alexis (pseudonym); Craig M. S. (pseudonym); Craig Mary Shura (pseudonym); Hill Meredith (pseudonym); Craig M. F. (pseudonym); ; Craig Mary S. (pseudonym)
Pseudonym
Alexis Hill
M. F. Craig
M. S. Craig
Mary Craig
Mary Francis Shura
Mary S. Craig
Mary Shura Craig
Meredith Hill
Birth dateFebruary 23, 1923
Birth nameMary Francis Young
Birth place
Pratt Kansas , United States
Nationality
United States
Date of deathJanuary 12, 1991
Place of death
Maywood Illinois , United States

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Writer

Career start1960
Career end1990
genre
Gothic fiction
Romance novel
Children's literature
Thriller (genre)
Young Adult Romance Literature
language
English language

Mary Francis Shura on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv89959