Cory McCarthyis an acclaimed, best-selling author of books for young readers. They studied poetry and screenwriting before earning and MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts, where they now serve on the faculty. Like Kahlil Gibran, their family emigrated ...
Unknown to Mary, a journalist William Russell who noticed her tenacity, praised her efforts in the stories he wrote about Mary for theLondon Times. She had become famous in England. With peace negotiations and a treaty signed, she prepared to leave Crimea. But before leaving, Mary visited the...