Mary DesJarlais accomplished it all in the Midwest. Born, educated, twice married, twice widowed, she raised two lively daughters, survived a breast cancer siege, and launched a career as a fiction writer with her first novel, Dorie LaValle, in 2011. DesJarlais is excited to have been acquired by Calumet Editions, which has released a revised edition of Dorie LaValle and recently publishing her new novel, The Cutter’s Widow, a story of survival, grief and adoption gone awry. Mary lives and works in St. Paul, Minnesota.
