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name: Mary Miley Theobald
about: Mary Miley Theobald is a historian and free-lance writer specializing in history, travel, and business topics. She received her B.A. and M.A. from the College of William and Mary, worked for Colonial Williamsburg and taught American history and museum studies at Virginia Commonwealth University for many years. Writing as Mary Miley Theobald, she has written a dozen nonfiction books and 200 articles for a variety of magazines and newspapers. Writing as Mary Miley, she has published 5 historical mysteries. In 2012, Mary won the national competition for Best First Crime Novel with her Roaring Twenties murder mystery, THE IMPERSONATOR; its sequel, SILENT MURDERS, came out in 2014; the third in the series, RENTING SILENCE, came out in 2016. The Mary Miley Theobald is a historian and free-lance writer specializing in history, travel, and business topics. She received her B.A. and M.A. from the College of William and Mary, worked for Colonial Williamsburg and taught American history and museum studies at Virginia Commonwealth University for many years. Writing as Mary Miley Theobald, she has written a dozen nonfiction books and 200 articles for a variety of magazines and newspapers. Writing as Mary Miley, she has published 5 historical mysteries. In 2012, Mary won the national competition for Best First Crime Novel with her Roaring Twenties murder mystery, THE IMPERSONATOR; its sequel, SILENT MURDERS, came out in 2014; the third in the series, RENTING SILENCE, came out in 2016. The fourth, MURDER IN DISGUISE debuted in August 2017. Her stand-alone mystery, STOLEN MEMORIES, placed second for a Daphne Award in the Historical category. Currently chained to her computer, Mary is working on a corporate history and a historical novel. When she's not writing, she's probably in jail, where she teaches writing to inmates. An Army brat, she and her husband have made their home in Richmond since 1977. ...more