Background
Coleman, Mary Ann was born on March 3, 1928 in Marion, Indiana, United States. Daughter of William Henry and Helen Elizabeth (Jeffrey) Braunlin.
Coleman, Mary Ann was born on March 3, 1928 in Marion, Indiana, United States. Daughter of William Henry and Helen Elizabeth (Jeffrey) Braunlin.
Bachelor of Science in Education, Auburn University, 1950. Postgraduate in Creative Writing Workshops, University Iowa, 1954. Postgraduate, Emory University, 1962.
Postgraduate, University Georgia, 1963. Postgraduate, Breadloaf Writers Conference, Middlebury College, 1965.
Teacher public schools, Pompano Beach, Florida, 1951—1952, East Point, Georgia, 1953—1955. Welfare worker Atlanta Welfare Department, 1952—1953. Teacher creative writing DeKalb College, Atlanta, 1970, Emory-at-Oxford, 1973, Dixie Council Authors and Journalists, St. Simon's Island, 1970—1971, 1974, University Georgia, Athens, since 1971, Athens Public Schools, 1986—1987.
Member of Georgia State Poetry Society, Poetry Society America (Consuelo Ford Memorial award lyric poem 1974).
Married Oliver McCarter Coleman, March 4, 0955. Children: Jeffrey Boyer, Christopher Braunlin.