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Mary McNear

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Bio

Mary McNear, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Butternut Lake series, writes in a local doughnut shop, where she sips Diet Pepsi, observes the hubbub of neighborhood life, and tries to resist the constant temptation of freshly made doughnuts. Mary bases her novels on a lifetime of summers spent in a small town on a lake in the northern Midwest.

Mary McNear Books

The Secrets We Carried book cover

The Secrets We Carried

Mary McNear
The Light In Summer book cover

The Light In Summer

Mary McNear
The Space Between Sisters book cover

The Space Between Sisters

Mary McNear
Moonlight on Butternut Lake book cover

Moonlight on Butternut Lake

Mary McNear
Butternut Lake: The Night Before Christmas book cover

Butternut Lake: The Night Before Christmas

Mary McNear
Butternut Summer book cover

Butternut Summer

Mary McNear
Up at Butternut Lake book cover

Up at Butternut Lake

Mary McNear
The New Voices in Fiction Sampler book cover

The New Voices in Fiction Sampler

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