Mary M. Duggan is an American children's book author.

She was born in 1921 in Belleview, Missouri

Belleview, Missouri

Belleview is an unincorporated community in northern Iron County, Missouri, United States. It is located about eight miles northwest of Ironton on Route 21 and is approximately three miles south of Belgrade and Caledonia....

. Her father was a teacher and local government official. She attended the University of Arizona

University of Arizona

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. On March 13, 1941, she married M. P. Turney, a mining engineer. She had one daughter with him. They later divorced, and, on May 9, 1946, she married Auty W. Duggan, with whom she had three daughters. She was a member of the Church of Scientology

Church of Scientology

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She is an artist, including water colors, and an author. Her works include Old Hawk's Gold, published by Steck in 1966.