Mary Cates has enjoyed several careers throughout her lifetime—school nurse, proprietor of an antique shop, freelance writing, and published author. She and her husband are members of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, where she serves as an ordained Deacon. She enjoys her home in Monroe, Michigan, with her husband, on an eighteen-hole golf course surrounded with beautiful homes and villas. Mary enjoys keeping up with the latest world news and blogging on her website to share her spirit and her talents. She is the proud grandmother of two grandsons.