Bio:Mary Stolz

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Mary Slattery, known as Molly, was born in Boston on March 24, 1920, and raised in Manhattan. She studied at Teachers College of Columbia University and the Katharine Gibbs school before going to work at Columbia as a secretary. During a long convalescence -- Ms. Stolz suffered from debilitating arthritis -- she began work on her first book, To Tell Your Love, writing in pencil on yellow legal pads. The novel was published in 1950 by Harper & Brothers, bringing Ms. Stolz into the stable of the distinguished children's book editor Ursula Nordstrom. Ms. Stolz's first marriage, to Stanley Burr Stolz, ended in divorce; her second, to Thomas C. Jaleski, ended with his death in 2001. --Dirk P Broer 10:18, 15 December 2011 (UTC)