Biography
A writer, speaker, and educator, Mary Ann Paul has hitchhiked through Japan, outrun a stampede in China, and climbed the Himalayas—but her heart belongs to the quiet intrigue of Massachusetts’ Berkshire mountains. Her lifelong obsession with tricksters, skullduggery, and razor-sharp wits was inspired by childhood conversations with her policeman grandfather, who reveled in telling barely toned-down tales of the criminal underworld. A Harvard-trained researcher with a flair for unearthing treasures from the past, she now crafts historic mysteries packed with suspense, romance, and women bold enough to bend the rules. When not spinning tales, she roams the trails with her husband, children, and canine co-conspirator.