Mary Patterson Thornburg

Mary Patterson Thornburg was born in California, educated in Washington, Montana, and Indiana, and taught for many years at Ball State University. She now lives with her husband, Thomas Thornburg, in Montana.

Thornburg's short fiction has appeared in numerous print and on-line magazines, including Cicada, Zahir, and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Her story ""Niam's Tale"" won the 2011 Magazine Merit Honor Certificate from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.