Mary Bray Wheeler

MARY BRAY WHEELER was an American author, editor, and publisher with a publishing career spanning approximately 30 years. Her books include Hidden Glory and Chosen Exile.

Wheeler retired in 2002 as vice president of Providence Publishing Corporation, having worked for organizations including Thomas Nelson, The American Association of State and Local History, Rutledge Hill Press, and Providence House Publishers. She earned a degree in American Studies from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.

Beyond her own writing, Wheeler assisted novelist Eugenia Price with historical research for Price’s novels, and served as Vice President of the Eugenia Price/Joyce Knight Blackburn Charitable Foundation beginning in 2017. Both roles reflect her sustained engagement with Southern history and literature.

Wheeler lived in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and died on December 25, 2022, at age 80.

Mary Bray Wheeler’s books are published by Turner Publishing.

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