Mary Driver-Thiel writes novels, short stories, and flash fiction with characters who may or may not solve the problems she throws at them. Her goal is to provide an escape for readers to explore another time and place where they can consider someone else’s troubles and possibly gain new insights or understanding of their own world. Or not. Sometimes it’s okay to just enjoy the ride.

 

She holds a B.A. in Fine Art and a Master of Arts in Teaching. Her short stories have been published in various online and print magazines, including Midwest Prairie Review, Chantwood Magazine, Epiphany, Danse Macabre, Boomer Lit, and Halfway Down the Stairs.
 
The World Undone was shortlisted for Chicago Writers' Association Book of the Year in 2013 and was in the top 10 for the Illinois Author Project in 2013. Her second novel, Twelve Thousand Mornings, was released in March, 2015.

 

She is a member of Off Campus Writers Workshop and The Writers of Glencoe, and she was founder and facilitator of the Forest Writers' Group in Lake Forest from 2008 to 2017.
 
Driver-Thiel lives in the Chicago area with her
husband, Jerry, and their naughty but
loveable dog, Griffin.