Stillwater author M.E. Cooper will be at the Library at noon on February 28, 2008 for a brown-bag lunch presentation. Mrs. Cooper will read from her books, discuss what it's like to be an Oklahoma author, and then do a book sale/signing.
Mary Ellen ( M.E.) Cooper has lived most of her life in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Her latest true crime book, BOLD AND BRASSY, which details a historic murder, was released in late December 2007.
SLOW DEATH and OTHER OKLAHOMA MURDERS (2004), took place in Perry, OK, and has been frequently shown on television's Forensic Files.
Mrs. Cooper's published credits demonstrate her varied interests, with over 50 articles and stories published in the last few years in national publications. Her credits include: Oklahoma Today, Mature Living, Challenge, Globe, Country Collectibles, Fireside Companion, Income Opportunities, Our Sunday Visitor, the Catholic Digest, Byeline, Family Motor Coach, BBW (Big Beautiful Woman), Official Detective, Startling Detective, True Detective, True Experience, Living, Purpose, Antique Trader Weekly, Family Digest, Inn Times, and Whispering Willow magazine.
She has appeared on Arkansas television stations in Little Rock and Fort Smith and also on Tulsa TV station KTUL. She has appeared on a half hour program Writing Out Loud which was shown in the Tulsa area four times. She has been interviewed several times by Oklahoma City's KTOK radio station, and has been heavily involved Writers Conferences in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Colorado.
Cooper has been a licensed beautician, an insurance agent, and was in charge of a motorcycle dealership for 21 years. She especially enjoys encouraging senior citizens who are interested in taking up writing. Her hobbies are reading, traveling, hot air ballooning and collecting antiques. Besides being a wife for 55 years, she is the mother of eight, grandmother of eleven and great grandmother of four.
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