Mary Cantell always wanted to follow in the footsteps of journalist Barbara Walters. When her third grade teacher told her parents she would never become a mathematician, she took the cue and adopted the self-fulfilling prophecy that led to pursuing a natural love of language.  In 2008, she left behind a sixteen-year career in the broadcasting industry and began to write full time. Her fiction and non-fiction articles can be found in newspapers, magazines, church school literature, and is featured in several book anthologies, including Guideposts. She is the author of three inspirational fiction novels:  Her Glass Heart, Untying the Shadows, and Beyond the Roses. Her fourth, Hope Another Way, is due to release in January 2021.