Born in County Kildare, Mary studied art at the National College in Dublin and University College Dublin. She then taught art, and exhibited, for eighteen years. After writing short stories for magazines and radio, Mary now broadcasts humorous stories on RTE radio. She left teaching to write children's books fulltime in 1994. She won the Sunday Times/CWA Short Story Award in 1991; Hennessy Literary Award in 1993 and was shortlisted for the Bisto Award in 1994. In Germany, she won the International Youth Library [Munich] White Ravens title in 1997.
Series
Milo Adventures
1. Milo and One Dead Angry Druid (2013)
2. Milo and The Raging Chieftains (2014)
3. Milo and the Long Lost Warriors (2014)
4. Milo and the Pirate Sisters (2014)
1. Milo and One Dead Angry Druid (2013)
2. Milo and The Raging Chieftains (2014)
3. Milo and the Long Lost Warriors (2014)
4. Milo and the Pirate Sisters (2014)
Novels
Andy, Zeph and the Flying Cottage (1994)
Saving the Dark Planet (1995)
Searching for the Green (1995)
The Dwellers Beneath (1996)
Maeve and the Long Arm Polly (2000)
Grimstone's Ghost (2000)
Knut and Freya (2000)
Dead Monks and Shady Deals (2001)
Landscape with Cracked Sheep (2001)
Seascape with Barbar's Harp (2001)
The Spirit of the Attic (2001)
Ghost Bird (2001)
Baldur's Bones (2001)
Lawlor's Revenge (2002)
Larkspur and the Grand March (2003)
Nick and the Canal Painter (2004)
Chocolate Moon (2005)
Hard Luck (2007)
Esty's Gold (2009)
The Rabbit Girl (2011)
Saving the Dark Planet (1995)
Searching for the Green (1995)
The Dwellers Beneath (1996)
Maeve and the Long Arm Polly (2000)
Grimstone's Ghost (2000)
Knut and Freya (2000)
Dead Monks and Shady Deals (2001)
Landscape with Cracked Sheep (2001)
Seascape with Barbar's Harp (2001)
The Spirit of the Attic (2001)
Ghost Bird (2001)
Baldur's Bones (2001)
Lawlor's Revenge (2002)
Larkspur and the Grand March (2003)
Nick and the Canal Painter (2004)
Chocolate Moon (2005)
Hard Luck (2007)
Esty's Gold (2009)
The Rabbit Girl (2011)
Anthologies edited
Picture Books show
Chapter Books show
