Mary+Pope+Osborne

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===When I was five, we moved to Virginia and lived inside an old fort that was surrounded by a moat. So when I heard stories, I felt as if these stories were taking place right in my own backyard. I loved the mythical and historical times and these places seemed so real to me.===

===When I was a teenager, I continued to visit imaginary places by spending all my free time at our local community theatre. Whether I acted in a play or worked backstage, the world of plays and make believe always seemed more real to me than the dreary life of high school.===

===Once I graduated from college, I tried to turn my dreams into reality by actually visiting faraway places. Then I finally settled in New York City where I married my husband, Will Osborne, an actor, playwright, and theatre director. And for the last seventeen years, Will has given me the support and encouragement I've needed to be a professional daydreamer-in other words, an author of children's books.===