Mary Lamphere is an author, artist, and designer.
She is a founding member of the DeKalb Area Writers Group (DAWGs).
You can reach her at MFLamphereAuthor@gmail.com
She has published three novels, Anni Unbound, A Stranger’s Child, and Pocket Money, as well as many short stories, and four novellas – School Spirit, Safe Harbour, Kinder Garden and Baker’s Dozen. She also has a collection of thirteen thrilling short stories called Foe Be Us : Phobias. She has a long short story called Wyra Goes to Hell available on Kindle only. She’s also published a longer short story titled, The Bar Keep, of which she is very proud, but please read with caution.
As an artist, she works with mixed media– applying visual and tactile manipulations to telling a story and has self-published in the form of handmade artist books. She’s a multi-genre crafter with a love of pretty paper and a studio mess that can only imply genius.
As a designer, her focus is visual communications. She does book covers, post card lay-outs, and poster promotion design. She works with the advertising for her husband’s business Lamphere’s Furniture, Appliances and Electronics, in Aurora, IL
Mary is happily married to her college (the first time) sweetheart and lives in DeKalb, IL. Her children are grown. She is honing her Gramma skills with her adorable grandsons, Benjamin (b. 6-14) and Van (b. 9-17) and granddaughter, Juliette (b. 4-24).
She adores her Pembroke Corgis, Jackson (b. 1-18) and Miskey (b. 3-17) and Roxy (b. 3-23).
She loves to travel and has been to Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico and Canada. But mostly she hangs out on Facebook.
Mary in Italy with her 10 euro Diet Coke.
(totally worth it)
MARY LAMPHERE AUTHOR 