Mary Ellen Quigley was born in Hammond, Indiana. She is the youngest of two children. Mary Ellen got the writing bug as a child in the fifth grade. The assignment was to write a funny story, and she has loved writing ever since. Mary Ellen's love of writing continued when she went off to Marian University in the fall of 2000. She was enrolled in a creative writing class. The class strengthened her confidence in her writing and taught valuable tips on storytelling and flushing out ideas. It was then that Mary Ellen decided to pursue writing as a career. She graduated in 2004 with a bachelor's d...