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Mary W. Schaller is a native of Washington, DC [remaining staunchly non-partisan for survival]. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts from the University of San Diego, and, prior to her marriage, she worked in the Communications Department of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City, CA. For twenty years, she was a docent at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. During that time, she also directed 21 play productions for Fairfax County [VA] Followspot Children's Theater, including 17 plays of Shakespeare. She is the award-winning author of five plays [Dramatic Publishing Company and Heartland Plays, Inc.], three non-fiction histories [University of South Carolina Press] and ten historical novels, written as Tori Phillips [Harlequin Ltd.] Schaller's novels have been translated into fourteen languages and they have collectively sold three million copies world-wide. Her plays have been performed in the United States, as well as in Canada, Australia and England. Mary lives with her husband Martin, her husband of fifty-five years, in Springfield, VA. Her hobbies include cruising the Caribbean, reading books and racing radio-controlled sailboats.