Mary Hiers

I'm a freelance writer and editor, and the mother of two children, one grown, one in high school. I live in a small town in the American south. Literature, poetry, international affairs, economics, and politics are all of great interest to me. I find it hard to keep fields of interest from spilling over into one another sometimes. My "day job" is with a weekly paper whose online home is www.thesaturdayindependent.com. I have also written for magazines. Reading and writing are big parts of my life, as are quilting, photography, and caring for my many dogs and cats.