Mary Cronk Farrell

Mary Cronk Farrell is an award-winning journalist and children’s book writer. Her books have won a SPUR Award for Best Juvenile Fiction about the American West and been honored on lists such as the Notable Social Studies Books for Young People, Bank Street College’s List of Best Children’s Books, and the New York Public Library’s Best Books for Teens. Her journalistic work has also received numerous awards for excellence from the Society of Professional Journalists and two Emmy nominations. Farrell frequently speaks at schools, libraries, conferences, and women’s and family workshops. Her books include Pure Grit, Irena’sChildren, and Standing Up Against Hate. She lives in Spokane, Washington.

Mary Cronk Farrell's Titles

Close-Up on War The Story of Pioneering Photojournalist Catherine Leroy in Vietnam

Close-Up on War

The inspiring and fascinating true story of Catherine Leroy, one of the few women photographers covering the Vietnam War who gave a human face...


Standing Up Against Hate How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII

Standing Up Against Hate

Mary Cronk Farrell's Standing Up Against Hate tells the stories of the African American women who enlisted in the newly formed Women's Army Auxiliary...


Fannie Never Flinched One Woman’s Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights

Fannie Never Flinched

Fannie Sellins (1872–1919) lived during the Gilded Age of American Industrialization, when the Carnegies and Morgans wore jewels while their...


Pure Grit How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific

Pure Grit

In the early 1940s, young women enlisted for peacetime duty as U.S. Army nurses. But when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 blasted...