Background
Smith, Marya Jean was born on November 12, 1945 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Cameron Reynolds and Jean Rose (Sause) Argetsinger.
Smith, Marya Jean was born on November 12, 1945 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Cameron Reynolds and Jean Rose (Sause) Argetsinger.
Bachelor, Cornell University, 1967.
Editorial assistant, Seventeen Magazine, New York City, 1967-1968; promotion writer, University of Chicago Press, 1968-1970; assistant account executive, Drucilla Handy Company, Chicago, 1970-1972; feature writer various magazines, Chicago, 1972-1974; freelance writer, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1975-1976; lecturer, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1976-1977; playwright, Playwrights' Center Production, Chicago, 1978; humor columnist various journals, Chicago, 1979-1981; freelance writer, Chicago, since 1982.
(Abused by an alcoholic father, twelve-year-old, withdrawn...)
Volunteer reading tutor Literacy Volunteers Western Cook County, Oak Park, Illinois, 1988-1989, Oak Park Public Library. Reading Program, 1990-1994. Member National Writers Union, Author's Guild, Society Midland Authors, Children's Reading Round Table.
Married Arthur Beverly Smith Junior, December 30, 1968 (divorced 1996). Children: Arthur Cameron, Sarah Reynolds.