Mary Wagner is this year’s Silver Feather award winner. Mary has captured the imagination of her readers through her writings as a book author, essayist, and photographer.  This year she won four 1st places awards, three 2nd place awards, three 3rd place awards and one Honorable Mention.  Her awards covered writings from more.com, the Marquette University Law School Blog, the Growing Bolder Website, and her blog, Running with Stilettos: Living a balanced life in dangerous shoes.

As Mary describes herself:
She is an award winning essayist, photographer and spike-heeled prosecutor with a penchant for Belgian chocolate, Irish castles, great shoes, long clean shorelines, classic cartoons, big skies and Lee Child "Reacher" novels. Multiple degrees earned in the "school of life" include mother of four, former girl scout leader, truckstop waitress, cocktail waitress, office temp, judicial clerk, and radio talk show host.