BIO: Mrs. Mary Anne MADDEN SADLIER (1820-1903) was one of the most prolific Irish-American writers in the 19th century. Born in Co. Cavan, Mary Anne emigrated to Montreal in 1844. There she wrote to support herself and met and married James SADLIER, a major Catholic publisher. She had six children but never stopped writing. She contributed to the Sadlier company's Catholic magazine, "The Tablet," and completed six novels. She soon gained a devoted readership. Her novels almost always featured Irish immigrant heroes and heroines and preached the virtues of parochial schooling, faithful obedience to Church teachings, regular attendance at Mass, and vigilance against Protestant proselytizing. The SADLIERs moved to NY in 1860 and her fame grew larger, as did her circle of high-profile Catholic friends. In all, Mary Anne Madden Sadlier produced nearly 60 novels and reached an audience of millions.