Mary Leader

Mary Leader (born January 9, 1948) is an American poet and lawyer.

Life Mary Leader was born on January 9, 1948, in Pawnee, Oklahoma, to Katherine Jo (Haddox) Privett, a poet, and Joe Hauser Privett, a clothing merchant.

Awards Emory University Creative Writing Fellowship National Poetry Series Chad Walsh Poetry Prize Iowa Poetry Prize

Books Red Signature, Graywolf Press. The Penultimate Suitor, University of Iowa Press. Beyond the Fire, Shearsman Books. She Lives There Still, Shearsman Books. The Distaff Side, Shearman Books.

Education Attended Oklahoma State University Bachelor of Arts, Oklahoma University Juris Doctor, Oklahoma University Master of Fine Arts, MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College Doctor of Philosophy, Brandeis University

Career Assistant Oklahoma Attorney General Legal Assistant, Oklahoma Court of Appeals Referee, Oklahoma Supreme Court Visiting Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University Associate Professor, University of Memphis Full Professor, Purdue University