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== Academic teaching == Stewart held a variety of posts during World War II, including primary school teaching, teaching at secondary level at a girls' boarding school, and working part-time at the sixth form of [[Durham School]].<ref name=":0" /> Between 1941 and 1956, she was an assistant lecturer (1941β5) and part-time lecturer (1948β56) in English literature, mostly [[Old English literature|Anglo-Saxon]], at Durham University. She received an honorary D.Litt. in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/ceremonies/congregation/stewart_mary.pdf |title=Lady Mary Florence Elinor Stewart - Doctor of Letters |last=Hutchison |first=Chris |date=3 July 2009 |work=Durham University Honorary Degrees |publisher=[[Durham University]] |access-date=16 December 2013 |archive-date=13 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013111638/http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/ceremonies/congregation/stewart_mary.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> It was in Durham that she met and married her husband, [[Frederick Stewart (geologist)|Frederick Stewart]], a young Scot who lectured in Geology. She became known as Mary Stewart. In 1956, the couple moved to [[Edinburgh]].<ref name="mstew">{{cite book |title=Thornyhold |last=Stewart |first=Mary |year=1988 |type=paperback |at=Author biography}}</ref> Mary, in her own words, was a "born storyteller" and had been writing stories since the age of three. Following the move to Scotland, she submitted a novel to the publishers Hodder & Stoughton. ''Madam, Will You Talk?'' was an immediate success, followed by many other successful works over the years.<ref name=":1" />
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