Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/talkingbooksandstuff1 Mary Harelkin Bishop has lived in Canada for most of her life, she was actually born in Hillsdale, Michigan, on April 30, 1958. Even though Mary has authored four books about the adventures of a contemporary teenager, Andrea Talbot, and her younger brother, Tony, in the tunnels below Moose Jaw, SK in the 1920's, Mary did not specifically intend to become a children's writer. She says that her various writings have always ranged from things of interest to kindergarten to grade two children right through to adult materials. However, after during a family visit to the tunnels of Moose Jaw, Mary became fascinated by the tunnels and their stories and decided to write about them.

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