Mary Ann Shaffer

{{short description|American writer, editor, librarian, and a bookshop worker (1934-2008)}}

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{{infobox writer

| name = Mary Ann Shaffer

| birth_name = Mary Ann Fiery

| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|12|13}}

| birth_place = Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|2|16|1934|12|13}}

| death_place = San Anselmo, California, U.S.

| occupation = {{flatlist|

• Writer
• editor
• librarian
• bookshop worker

}}

| nationality =

| alma_mater = Miami University

| notable_works = The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2008)

| spouse = {{marriage|Carl Richard Shaffer|1956}}

| children = 2

| relatives = Annie Barrows (niece)

}}

Mary Ann Shaffer (née Fiery; December 13, 1934 – February 16, 2008)Obituary, RememberingCA.US (website), accessed August 5, 2012 was an American writer, editor, librarian, and a bookshop worker. She is noted for her posthumously published work The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society,{{cite news |last1=Davies |first1=Stevie |title=Bright and dark |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/aug/09/fiction4 |access-date=24 April 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=August 8, 2008}}{{cite news |title=THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mary-ann-shaffer/the-guernsey-literary-and-potato-peel-pie-society/ |access-date=24 April 2021 |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=June 15, 2008}} which she wrote with her niece, Annie Barrows.{{cite news |last1=Benson |first1=Heidi |title=Literary labor of love gave way to 'Guernsey' |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Literary-labor-of-love-gave-way-to-Guernsey-3271560.php |access-date=24 April 2021 |work=SFGate |date=August 27, 2008}}