Mary Jane Russell

Mary Jane Russell was born to William Withers Russell and Alma Keith Harvey Russell. She grew up on the Flat Creek farm in Campbell County, VA that had been in the Russell family for five previous generations.

She was employed by the Cityof Lynchburg, VA for thirty-one years during which she accomplished a series of firsts-first female draftsman, staff engineer, project manager, and first female director of economic development.

Since retirement, she's written and had published four novels by Intaglio Publications, Walker, LA, self-published two print nonfiction books, and published nine novels with Smashwords.

She lives at Smith Mountain Lake in Hardy, VA with her partner, surrounded by books, cats, dogs.