Mary Francis Shura

Mary Francis Shura

Mary Francis Shura has written at least 34 books. Their most popular book is Chester the Great with 1 save with an average rating of -⭐.

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Author Bio

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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Chester the Great
Chester the Great
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01 read
The gray ghosts of Taylor Ridge
The gray ghosts of Taylor Ridge
  • Mary Francis Shura
01 read
Topcat of Tam
Topcat of Tam
  • Mary Francis Shura
00 reads
Don't Call Me Toad
Don't Call Me Toad
  • Mary Francis Shura
00 reads
Diana
Diana
  • Mary Francis Shura
00 reads
The season of silence
The season of silence
  • Mary Francis Shura
00 reads
The Sunday Doll
The Sunday Doll
  • Mary Francis Shura
00 reads
Gabrielle
Gabrielle
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Winter Dreams, Christmas Love
Winter Dreams, Christmas Love
  • Mary Francis Shura
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Mister Wolf and Me
Mister Wolf and Me
  • Mary Francis Shura
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Eleanor
Eleanor
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A tale of middle length
A tale of middle length
  • Mary Francis Shura
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Jefferson
Jefferson
  • Mary Francis Shura
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The seven stone
The seven stone
  • Mary Francis Shura
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Maggie in the Middle
Maggie in the Middle
  • Mary Francis Shura
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The search for Grissi
The search for Grissi
  • Mary Francis Shura
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Happles and cinnamunger
Happles and cinnamunger
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Jessica (Sunfire #6)
Jessica (Sunfire #6)
  • Mary Francis Shura
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The Shop on Threnody Street
The Shop on Threnody Street
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Polly panic
Polly panic
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Summer dreams, winter love
Summer dreams, winter love
  • Mary Francis Shura
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Fortune's Destiny
Fortune's Destiny
  • Mary Francis Shura
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The valley of the frost giants
The valley of the frost giants
  • Mary Francis Shura
00 reads
The riddle of Raven's Gulch
The riddle of Raven's Gulch
  • Mary Francis Shura
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Backwards for luck
Backwards for luck
  • Mary Francis Shura
00 reads
The mystery at Wolf River
The mystery at Wolf River
  • Mary Francis Shura
00 reads
The Josie Gambit
The Josie Gambit
  • Mary Francis Shura
00 reads
Garret of Greta McGraw
Garret of Greta McGraw
  • Mary Francis Shura
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Darcy
Darcy
  • Mary Francis Shura
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The Barkley Street six-pack
The Barkley Street six-pack
  • Mary Francis Shura
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Kate's House
Kate's House
  • Mary Francis Shura
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Gentle Annie
Gentle Annie
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The nearsighted knight
The nearsighted knight
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Marilee
Marilee
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