Author. Poet. Doctor.
Storyteller of the Human Heart.
MaryJane Nordgren writes historical fiction and poetry that explores love, resilience, and the lives we build and lose in the face of history.
The Nandria Series
A story rooted in the 1940s. A truth that still resonates today.
The Nandria Series is a work of historical fiction set in rural Missouri during World War II. When a Black British war bride arrives in a small Midwestern town, married to one of their own and carrying a biracial infant, the community is forced to confront everything it believes about love, race, and belonging.
Across three novels, author MaryJane Nordgren follows Nandria's journey with unflinching warmth: her quiet strength, the prejudice she faces, and the enduring proof that every person is worthy of love and respect. These are books for readers who believe that fiction can change the way we see each other.
Meet the Author
MaryJane Nordgren is an Oregon author, poet, and retired physician who spent her career listening to patients, to history, and to the quiet complexity of ordinary lives.
A daughter of the Greatest Generation, she grew up surrounded by the echoes of World War II: uncles in uniform, a father seldom home, a nation holding its breath. Those years gave her a deep admiration for people who find ways to love under impossible conditions.
Today, writing from the Pacific Northwest, she channels that admiration into historical fiction, poetry, and short plays that ask readers to find themselves in every character, even the ones hardest to understand.
From the Blog
MaryJane writes here often: poems drawn from the Pacific Northwest landscape, reflections on nature and faith, and short pieces about the lives we share. Stop in, read slowly, and come back often.
“MaryJane’s words paint such vivid pictures."
— C. O'Neill