Mary Nourie

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Illinois Connection 3 Biographical and Professional Information 4 Published Works 5 Titles for Purchase and at Your Library 6 Literary Awards 7 Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances 8 External Links 9 Editing

[edit] General Information

Name: Mary Nourie

Pen Name: Mary Jessie Parker

Born: 1948 in Kankakee, Illinois

Website: www.SCBWI-illinois.org/Parker.html

Email: Kevin.Nourie@netcare-il.com

[edit] Illinois Connection

Nourie was born in Kankakee, Illinois and is a life-long resident of central Illinois. She taught grades 1-3 in Cissna Park and Danville, Illinois public schools. She currently resides in Newman, Illinois.

[edit] Biographical and Professional Information

Nourie has sold fiction stories, articles, and poems to Cricket, Highlights, Jack and Jill, Zootles, Clubhouse Jr, Pennywhistle Press, and Volunteer Fireman magazines.

[edit] Published Works

• Night Fire!, Scholastic, 1989
• City Storm, Scholastic, 1990
• Wild and Woolly, Dutton Children's Books, 2004

[edit] Titles for Purchase and at Your Library

Night Fire! ISBN: 0590414232 Release Date: 1989-10 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

City Storm ISBN: 0590423061 Release Date: 1993-12 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Wild and Woolly ISBN: 0525472762 Release Date: 2005-02-03 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

[edit] Literary Awards

N/A

[edit] Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances

Speaking Engagement Availability: (Yes)

TOPICS FOR TALKS, PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS

• How a Book Becomes a Book
• Writer to Author
• A Few Words (Or How Dreams Come True)
• Writing In The Classroom (writing ideas and starters for teachers)

[edit] External Links

Mary Nourie on WorldCat

Mary Nourie on Amazon

[edit] Editing

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