Mary is a USA Today best-selling and award-winning author of historical fiction, romance and urban fantasy stories. She lives in Australia and has been writing for fifty years, beginning with short stories about the antics of neighborhood misfits. She’s written short fiction stories for various Australian and US magazines and some non-fiction articles. It wasn’t until 2000 that she started on her journey of writing about World War II and women of the resistance. Her first full-length novel, “In The Blood of the Greeks” was published in 2001 together with the short story “You Must Remember This” under the title “Out of Darkness.” One book led to another and her characters haven’t shut since!

Mary has previously been published under the name of Mary D. Brooks