Mara Purl, author of the national best-selling and critically acclaimed Milford-Haven Novels, pioneered small-town fiction for women.
Mara’s beloved fictitious town has been delighting audiences since 1992, when it first appeared as "Milford-Haven, U.S.A".©—the first American radio drama ever licensed and broadcast by the BBC. The show reached an audience of 4.5 million listeners throughout the U.K. and won the Finalist Award at the 1994 New York Festivals World’s Best Radio Programs.
"Where the Heart Lives" (Novel # two) won the Silver Benjamin Franklin Award, the Finalist ForeWord Book of the Year Award, the Gold Indie Excellence Award, the Gold USA Book News Best Book Award, and the Gold International Book Award.
As an actress, Mara was “Darla Cook” on "Days Of Our Lives." As a journalist, she wrote for Rolling Stone, the Financial Times of London, and the Associated Press. She was named one of twelve Women of the Year by the Los Angeles County Commission for Women.