Mary Cronk Farrell is a former award-winning journalist and author of fiction and nonfiction books for children. She writes with passion about little-known people of history who face great adversity with courage. Her book PURE GRIT: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and PRISON CAMP IN THE PACIFIC has been named a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, Jefferson Cup Honor Book, Washington State Book Award Finalist, Booklist Editor’s Choice, to the Amelia Bloomer Project List and awarded a EUREKA! Children’s Book Award for Excellence in Nonfiction. She lives in Washington State.

Books by Mary Cronk Farrell

Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII

by Mary Cronk Farrell - African American Interest, Biography, Children's 10-14, Children's Nonfiction, History, Military, Women's History

Fannie Never Flinched: One Woman’s Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights

by Mary Cronk Farrell - Biography, Children's 10+, Education, Nonfiction, Women's History

Irena's Children

Written y Tilar J. Mazzeo and adapted by Mary Cronk Farrell - Children's 10+, Children's Nonfiction, History, Holocaust, Jewish Interest