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Mary Kathryn Nagle got her bachelor's degree in Justice and Peace Studies from Georgetown University, and later received her law degree from Tulane University. After graduating from law school, Nagle clerked for two federal judges at once in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, Senior Judge Joseph F. Bataillon, and Chief Judge Laurie Smith Camp. The majority of her work in court involves fighting for the rights of Native people on and off of reservations. One of the most prominent cases she litigated was Adoptive Couple v Baby Girl (also known as the Baby Veronica case) trial in 2013, held in the US Supreme Court. She wrote a brief which cited the ICWA (Indian Child Welfare Act) to keep a young Native girl from being taken away from her birth-father and being adopted by a white family. It was during law school that Nagle realized she wanted to advocate for Native rights as a playwright.

Nagle is an alumna of the 2013 Emerging Writers Group, a prestigious program supported by The Public Theater for up-and-coming playwrights. During her time in the Emerging Writers Group she wrote Manahatta, a play that received recognition from the groups that give the William Soroyan Prize for Playwriting and the Jane Chambers Playwriting Award. Sliver of a Full Moon is her most successful work to date, having been produced as a stage reading many times. She has recently been commissioned by Arena Stage to write a new play.

Plays[edit]

 * Katrina Stories (2008)
 * Welcome to Chalmette (2008)
 * Waaxe's Law (2009)
 * To the 7th Degree (2009)
 * Manahatta (2013) – a young Native American woman with a Stanford MBA rediscovers the history of her homeland, Manahatta.
 * Sliver of a Full Moon (2013) – a group of survivors of domestic violence on Indian reservations tell their stories about how jurisdiction laws have impacted them, while an effort to re-authorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is pushed in congress.
 * Miss Lead (2013) – a young Native American woman discovers and must acknowledge she has lead poisoning.
 * Fairly Traceable (2013) – set in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, two young Native American law school students grapple with career ambitions, rights of native communities, and environmental welfare. Staged in March 2017 in the Autry Museum of the American West "Native Voices" series.
 * In My Father's Eyes (2013–14)
 * My Father's Bones (2013–14) – the children of Jim Thorpe, Olympic gold medalist and member of the Sac and Fox Nation, attempt to repatriate their father's remains.
 * Diamonds... Are a Boy's Best Friend (2013–14)
 * Sovereignty (2015) – young Cherokee lawyer Sarah Ridge Polson returns to Oklahoma in order to help restore her Nation's tribal jurisdiction.