BAGLEY, Mary (C.) 1958-

PERSONAL: Born March 11, 1958, in St. Louis, MO; daughter of Robert E. (a mechanical engineer) and Harriet E. (an editor) Bagley; children: Jeremiah, Sarah. Ethnicity: "White." Education: University of Missouri—St. Louis, B.A., 1980, M.A., 1982; St. Louis University, Ph.D., 1994. Religion: "Southern Baptist." Hobbies and other interests: Photography.

ADDRESSES: Home—12539 Falling Leaves Ct., St. Louis, MO 63141. Office—Department of English, Missouri Baptist College, One College Park Dr., St. Louis, MO 63141. Agent—Robin Vent, P.O. Box 154001, St. Louis, MO 63141. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Missouri Baptists College, St. Louis, MO, professor, 1983—. America Alive! (cable program), St. Louis, MO, writer and broadcaster, 1983-85; Save the Ambassador Theatre, president; lecturer, editor, and broadcaster.

MEMBER: Modern Language Association, National Council of Teachers of English, Sigma Tau Delta.

AWARDS, HONORS: Key to the City of St. Louis, MO, 1984; William Barnaby Faherty Award, 1990.

WRITINGS:

The Front Row: Missouri's Grand Theatres, Gateway (St. Louis, MO), 1984.

Handbook for Professional and Academic Writing, Copley Books (La Jolla, CA), 1988.

Professional Writing Types, Tapestry, 1989.

Selected Readings in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1994.

Poetics of Realism, Forbes, 1994.

Willa Cather's Myths, American Heritage (New York, NY), 1996.

Also author of The Art of Writing Well, 1987; Business Communications; and Art of Business Writing. Contributor of more than five hundred articles and short stories to journals and other periodicals.

WORK IN PROGRESS: A mystery story for Mary Higgins Clark magazine; research on contemporary literature and comparative literature.

SIDELIGHTS: Mary Bagley told CA: "I've always written about things I've liked such as the old movie palaces. They're fascinating—enchanting. They inspire my imagination by their exotic design. I tend to write also as therapy. It helps me escape many of life's sad things. I recently lost my mother and brother within three months of each other. My form of catharsis is expressing my feelings in a short story, and the words seem to flow so easily."