About the Author: Mary Menken was born on Long Island, New York, and comes from a family of writers. She attended St. John's University in Jamaica Queens, where she studied criminal justice. She made the Dean's List and became a member of Alpha Phi Sigma, the National Criminal Justice Honor Society. After graduating from college, she went on to work for a law firm as a legal secretary, and it was there she met her daughter's father. Me, Myself and My Daughter is her first book.