ABOUT MARY
Having been spoon-fed the Narnia tales and raised on Laura Ingalls Wilder, I’ve written stories since I could form words and sentences. Though the plots have become a little more complicated since I was seven, and the subject matter a little more mature, the writing bug is still burning inside me.
I’ve always loved exotic locales, so my historical romances tend to have connections to far away places while the heroes and heroines call England home. Recently I decided to take a jump forward in time and am now enjoying writing contemporaries. My Violet Society series is set in a fictitious town in the heart of one of my favorite places on earth, the Texas Hill Country.
As the saying goes, I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could. Raised in College Station as the seventh of eight children of two university professors, I took only a one-year detour to attend college in Virginia before returning to Aggieland and my high school sweetheart and real life hero, Tim. We married a week after we graduated from Texas A&M and then moved to Houston, Texas. Armed with a journalism degree I spent two years in public relations, then six in teaching before becoming a stay-at-home mom. Three children later, I have it all—including a little more time to write . . . naptime.
I would like to use this space to say thank you to two very special women who have helped me stay true to the course of writing. Georgia Tribell and Robin Popp, my critique partners and dear friends, have been there for me through the good and bad, whether it involved writing or plain old life. Their critiques, plotting help and support have sustained me for many years now. Thank you, Camilles!
And I would also like to say thank you to Donna Grant, another amazing woman I've been fortunate enough to have in my life. As a fellow writer and web designer extrordinaire, Donna's energies and talent are endless.
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