Maura Casey,
Author, editor and writer
Book Launch!
James L. Crane Library, 663 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, NY 14222
Saving Ellen: A Memoir
Read the opening chapter from my book, Saving Ellen: A Memoir of Hope and Recovery, (Skyhorse Publishing, April 2025). The book tells the story of my large Irish family in Buffalo, N.Y. when our alcoholic father, wise-cracking, Army veteran mother and six kids are thrown into turmoil when our sister Ellen contracts kidney disease.
Pulitzer Prize winner and author Connie Schultz says, “This is a book for anyone who refused to give up on someone, including themselves. Especially themselves.”
NY Times bestselling author J. Courtney Sullivan says of the book, “Maura Casey writes masterfully about a mother's devotion and a daughter's evolution into becoming a woman and a writer. Unforgettable.”
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Editing
Every writer needs an editor. The arc of my editing experience over 40 years has run the gamut from newspapers and commentary to novels and memoirs. If you are engaged in the written word, I can make your words better.
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Workshops
Writing a successful op-ed that gets published and widely shared is harder than it looks. My seminars help improve writing skills and more: they also delve into the art of having an angle on a topic that is bound to get editors’ attention.
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