Mary is the author of four indie novels. In 2013, Warming Up was a finalist for the Foreword Reviews' Indie Fab Book of the Year, Writers' Digest and Eric Hoffer awards and a top three finalist for the ILA's Soon To Be Famous Author Project. Saluting the Sun was also an IndieFab Finalist and One for the Ark a pending finalist for the Soon To Be Famous award. Her short fiction has appeared in The Ligourian, Ars Medica The Florida Review and The Tampa Review. Mary lives in Chicago and Walworth, WI, with her husband Bill.