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Mary Francis Shura

Mary Francis Young was born on 23 February 1923 in Pratt, Kansas, the daughter of Jack Fant and Mary Francis (Milstead) Young. When she was very young, her family moved to the Pacific Northwest, where she raised. She studied at Maryville State College. On 24 October 1943, she married Daniel Charles Shura, who died in 1959. They had two children: Marianne Francis Shura (Spraguc) and Daniel Charles Shura. On 8 December 1961, she married Raymond C. Craig, they had a daughter Alice Barrett Craig (Stout), before their divorce.

Since 1960, she wrote over 50 books of various genres: children's adventures and teen-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.

Her children's novel "The Search for Grissi" received the Carl Sandburg Literary Arts Award in 1985, and she also was nominated to the Young Hoosier Book Award. In 1990, she was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America.

She lived in Hinsdale, Illinois, where her apartment apartment burned on 13 December 1990. At 67, she died of injuries suffered in the fire on 12 January 1991 in Loyola University Medical Burn Center in Maywood.

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US writer (1923-1991)

Born 23 February 1923
Died 12 January 1991

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US writer (1923-1991)

Born 23 February 1923
Died 12 January 1991

Subjects

Children's fiction, Children's literature, Fiction, 1980s, Juvenile fiction, Suspense, 1960s, Romance, 1970s, Friendship, Mystery and detective stories, Detective and mystery stories, Girls, fiction, 1990s, Dogs, Historical, Brothers and sisters, Cats, Chrystal Falls, Family life, Fantasy, Fiction, general, Schools, fiction, Agriculteurs, Biography

Places

California (USA), USA, Carolina (USA), Hawaii (USA), Kansas (USA), London (England), Natchez (USA), New York, New York (State), New York city, Oregon (USA), Paris (France), Pineville (USA)

People

Kate, Alexander, Andy Wallace, Anna Blair Etheridge, Antoine Rivere, Ash Porter, Bart, Blossom Culp, Bugs, Eilen, Eliza, Emmy, Freida, Greg, Harriett, James, Jameson, Janie Potter, Jayne, Jefferson, Julie Rivere, Luke Adams, Maggie, Michael, Miles

Time

1700s, 1843, 1950s, United States Civil War, 1861-1865

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Alternative names

  • Mary Francis Young Shura Craig
  • Mary Francis Shura
  • Mary Craig
  • Alexis Hill
  • M. S. Craig
  • Mary Shura Craig
  • Meredith Hill
  • M. F. Craig
  • Mary S. Craig
  • Shura, Mary Francis, 1923-
  • Mary Frances Shura

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December 28, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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