Encounters

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About the Author

Born in Brooklyn, Irene Mahoney spent her childhood in a small residential community on the north shore of Long Island. She was fortunate in attending an experimental school which encouraged her early desire to write. Following her graduation from the College of New Rochelle, a small liberal arts college in southern Westchester run by the Ursuline nuns, she worked as an editor for Prentice Hall, Inc. before making the decision to enter a religious order.

In the next few years she completed an MA and a Ph.D. in English and American literature and began a career as pro­fessor at the College of New Rochelle. Although these were happy and successful years in many ways, her desire to be a writer became more imperative. Following the radical changes of Vatican II she was able to reduce her teaching schedule and begin a serious career as a writer. In 1980 she interrupted her work to volunteer as a language teacher in southern Taiwan, an experience which. she avows, changed her life.

She is presently retired, living on the campus of the College of New Rochelle with a community of Ursuline sisters.