Molly Roe
Molly Roe is the pen name of Mary Garrity Slaby, a veteran language arts
& reading teacher at Lake-Lehman Junior Senior High School. Mary
holds a Ph.D. in education from Temple University, and Pennsylvania
teaching certification in six areas. She has pursued the hobby of
genealogy for the past decade. Mary was born in Philadelphia, raised in
Schuylkill County, and currently lives in Dallas, Pennsylvania with her
husband, John. They are parents of two grown children, Melissa and John
Garrett, cover illustrator of Call Me Kate. Digging into the past has
given Mary newfound respect for her ancestors and a better understanding
of history. Call Me Kate is the first in the author’s trilogy of
historical novels loosely based on the lives of the strong women who
preceded her.
