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Latest Book: An Unquenchable Thirst
Mary Johnson Short Bio
Mary Johnson is the author of An Unquenchable Thirst, named one of the best nonfiction books of 2011 by Kirkus Review. At age nineteen, Mary joined the Missionaries of Charity, also known as the Sisters of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. During her twenty years as a sister, she spent fifteen of those stationed in Rome, where she lived and worked with Mother Teresa. After leaving the sisters in 1997, she completed a BA in English at Lamar University and an MFA in Creative Writing at Goddard College. Mary's work has been widely featured in O the Oprah Magazine, Salon.com, Poets & Writers, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Bloomberg View, National Public Radio, and The Rosie Show, among others. Mary blogs for The Huffington Post and serves as Creative Director of Retreats for A Room of Her Own Foundation.
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