Mary has lived in Great Britain, the Caribbean and now resides on Kauai in Hawaii. She has written since her teens but more seriously since about 1990. Influences include Ernest Hemingway because his stories reflected his own depression and taught her about how writers themselves can be seen in the stories they write. Also John Steinbeck for his descriptive style and Joyce Carol Oates because she understands not only the psychology of a story but particularly the psychology of the minds of the characters she creates.

Mary is a Pushcart Prize nominee. Her thriller, River Bones, was a winner in the Eric Hoffer Book Awards competition and a finalist in the Indie Excellence Book Awards. Previously published award winning poetry, short stories, photos, essays, letters, gag lines and recipe/stories. Her feature screenplay, Sea Storm, made Semi-Finalist in the 2003 Moondance International Film Festival competition.