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Biography:
Mara Purl
Mara
Purl is the award-winning author of The Milford-Haven
Novels. Book One, What the Heart Knows, won the
Silver Benjamin Franklin Award. Book Two in the series,
Closer Than You Think, will be published in Fall 2006.
Her short-story collection Christmas Angels won the
CIPA Merit Book Award.
Her novels are based
on her successful radio drama Milford-Haven, U.S.A.,
the first American radio soap ever licensed and broadcast by
the BBC, where the show reached an audience of 4.5 million
listeners throughout the U.K. “Milford-Haven” won the
Finalist Award at the 1994 New York Festivals International
Radio Competition.
Purl is also the
co-author, with Erin Gray, of Act Right, which won
the Gold EVVY Award. Purl’s screen-writing includes The
Meridian Factor, co-written with Verne Nobles, 150 radio
plays, scripts for Guiding Light, and a television
adaptation of Milford-Haven co-written with Katherine
Shirek Doughtie.
As an actress,
Mara’s regular role on the TV soap opera Days Of Our
Lives opened the door for her to create her own soap.
Mara was awarded the 2003 Peak Award for performing her
one-woman play (co-written with Sydney Swire) Mary
Shelley - In Her Own Words. Mara was named Woman of the
Year 2002 by the Los Angeles County Commission for Women.
Mara’s rich artistic
background includes growing up in Tokyo, Japan and a
performing and literary degree from Bennington College. She
is married to Dr. Larry Norfleet and lives in California and
Colorado.
Email:
reya@havenbooks.net
Web: www.havenbooks.net
Address: Haven Books
10153 1/2 Riverside Dr #629
North Hollywood, CA 91602
Phone: (818) 503-2518
