I was born in Cardiff UK and have retained a deep love for my Welsh roots. I worked as a nursery teacher in London and later taught Deaf children in Croydon and Hastings.
I now live on the beautiful Isle of Wight with my husband, where I walk my cocker spaniel Pepper and write. I have two grown up children.
‘Free to Be Tegan’ is my debut novel. It has been well received, with a review average of 4.8 from 40 reviews at amazon.co.uk It is to be the first of a series of novels set in Wales. The second will be set on the spectacular Gower Peninsula.
Free to Be Tegan – Mary Grand
‘You are dead to us.’ Tegan, aged twenty seven, is cast out of the cult, rejected by her family and the only life she has known. She is vulnerable and naïve but she also has courage and the will to survive. She travels to Wales, to previously unknown relations in the wild Cambrian Mountains. This is the uplifting story of her journey to find herself and flourish in a world she has been taught to fear and abhor. Guilt and shadows from her past haunt ... Read More >
Catching the Light – Mary Grand
A compelling and heart warming set of four short stories by Mary Grand, author of ‘Free to Be Tegan’. The New Arrival Rachel has moved to the Isle of Wight determined to become invisible. Hiding a shameful secret she cultivates a ‘cold polite smile as effective as an electric fence.’ However, unexpectedly, into her life comes a loving, crazy, individual: Lottie the cocker spaniel. Everything is about to change. Catching the Light Erin thinks she has found her fairytale prince. However, the honeymoon in a ... Read More >