Mary Ellen Snodgrass taught high school and university classes for 23 years and served as a state humanities lecturer and member of the NC Library Commission. She is the author of several works of award-winning reference volumes including Japan vs.
U.S.A. (1993), Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature (2006), Encyclopedia of Utopian Literature (1995), Encyclopedia of Fable (1998), Encyclopedia of the Underground Railroad (2007), Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion (2013), and The Encyclopedia of World Ballet (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).
