MARY D’AMORE

WRITER AND ILLUSTRATOR

My name is Mary D’Amore. I’m an American writer and artist living on the Sourland Mountain in New Jersey with my husband, Mike.

I’ve been writing and painting since retiring as a Director of Information Technology in 2016.

I love to cook and also design creative spaces and have turned the outbuildings of our small farmstead into a writer’s cabin and a painter’s studio for me and a textile crafter’s studio for my daughter.

Sourland is my debut novel, which follows 6 year olds, Caroline and Hadley, from their meeting in 1967 to the very end of their lives. The Sourland Mountain of New Jersey, an isolated place long thought to be haunted, makes a perfect setting for Victorian gothic homage. Sourland is a study in Victorian vs. modern societies, and invites historical empathy.

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My children’s books introduce historical and legendary themes that contain factual adventures and myth.

Contemporary children’s stories are based on my family’s life and usually involve animals - chickens, horses, cats, and even “stuffed.”

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