Mary Gordon

About

An American writer and professor, she is known for such novels as The Company of Women and The Other Side. She also published several non-fiction works, including The Shadow Man: A Daughter's Search for Her Father and Circling My Mother: A Memoir.

Before Fame

She studied at Barnard College and Syracuse University.

Trivia

She was one of ninety-seven theologians who signed A Catholic Statement on Pluralism and Abortion.

Family Life

She married Arthur Cash; they later became parents to two children.

Associated With

She and Dorothy Day were both Roman Catholics.