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Mary Ann Shaffer (née Fiery; December 13, 1934 – February 16, 2008) was an American writer, editor, librarian, and a bookshop worker. She is noted for her posthumously published work ''
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ''The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society'' is a historical novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows that was published in 2008. It was adapted into a film in 2018 featuring Lily James as Juliet Ashton and Matthew Goode as Sidne ...
'', which she wrote with her niece, Annie Barrows.


Biography

Mary Ann Fiery was born on December 13, 1934, in
Martinsburg, West Virginia Martinsburg is a city in and the seat of Berkeley County, West Virginia, in the tip of the state's Eastern Panhandle region in the lower Shenandoah Valley. Its population was 18,835 in the 2021 census estimate, making it the largest city in the E ...
.Obituary
/ref> She had an older sister, Cynthia. They were raised in nearby
Romney, West Virginia Romney is a town in and the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census. History Established by consecutive acts of the Virginia House of Burgesses and approved by the governor on ...
, but moved back to Martinsburg and went to high school there. Mary Ann was an alumna of
Miami University Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio (behind Ohio University, founded in 1804) and the 10 ...
in
Oxford, Ohio Oxford is a city in Butler County, Ohio, United States. The population was 23,035 at the 2020 census. A college town, Oxford was founded as a home for Miami University and lies in the southwestern portion of the state approximately northwest ...
. She married Carl Richard Shaffer in 1956, and in 1958 they moved to California, where they raised two daughters, Morgan and Liz. She worked in the public libraries of
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, Larkspur, and San Rafael during her career. She also worked as an editor at
Harper & Row Harper is an American publishing house, the flagship imprint of global publisher HarperCollins based in New York City. History J. & J. Harper (1817–1833) James Harper and his brother John, printers by training, started their book publishin ...
, and as a bookseller at bookstores in Larkspur and Corte Madera. She died at her home in
San Anselmo, California San Anselmo () is an List of cities in California, incorporated town in Marin County, California, Marin County, California, United States. San Anselmo is located west of San Rafael, California, San Rafael, at an elevation of 46 feet (14 m). It ...
on February 16, 2008.


References

1934 births 2008 deaths 21st-century American novelists American book editors American historical novelists American librarians American women librarians American women novelists Writers from Martinsburg, West Virginia People from Romney, West Virginia Novelists from West Virginia 21st-century American women writers 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers Women historical novelists People from San Anselmo, California Novelists from California Librarians from West Virginia {{US-novelist-1930s-stub