Shirley Werner was born in a different place but grew up in the village of Trumansburg, New York, in the township of Ulysses, north of Ithaca. She acquired an education at Brandeis...view moreShirley Werner was born in a different place but grew up in the village of Trumansburg, New York, in the township of Ulysses, north of Ithaca. She acquired an education at Brandeis University, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Yale University and holds a doctorate from Yale. She has taught Latin and Greek.view less