Nancy Mairs
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			Nancy Mairs, author of Plaintext, a collection of essays, was born in Long Beach.  She now lives in Tucson with her husband and children.  A graduate of Wheaton College, she received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona.  She writes of triumph and despair, not only as a victim of crippling illness, but as a vibrant human being.
			
						
						
			
			
					
							
			
			
					
			From 1987 Festival ›