Are Mara Santangelo and Meredith McGrath from the same country?
Mara Santangelo Mara Santangelo (born 28 June 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. She retired from the sport on 28 January 2011.
Melina Marchetta Melina Marchetta (born 25 March 1965) is an Australian writer and teacher. Marchetta is best known as the author of novels, "Looking for Alibrandi", "Saving Francesca" and "On the Jellicoe Road". She has twice been awarded the CBCA , in 1993 and 2004. For "Jellicoe Road" she won the 2009 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association, recognising the year's best book for young adults. Marchetta holds a name for being one of the more prominent Australian Authors of present time in Young-Adult Fiction.