Boston | Latin | Academy Awards | Latin America | United States Military Academy | Russian Academy of Sciences | Boston University | National Academy of Sciences | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | Boston College | United States Naval Academy | United States Air Force Academy | Boston Celtics | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Royal Academy of Music | Boston Bruins | The Boston Globe | Boston Marathon | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Brooklyn Academy of Music | Phillips Academy | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst | Boston Herald | Phillips Exeter Academy | Chinese Academy of Sciences | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | National Academy of Engineering | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
Born in Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts to Edward and Mary McGrory, she shared her father's love of Latin and writing, and she graduated from the Girls' Latin School and began her career as a book reviewer at The Boston Herald.