Mary Frances Hill
Fiction Author
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don’t be a thirsty writer
I was in a book marketing group for self-published writers that started to dwindle in numbers. When the leader announced her decision to eliminate the group, we received an email from one of the...
the devil is in the repetition
This week I pulled out my Kindle and read three self-published novels. As I’ve mentioned before, I love supporting other self-published authors. Plus, I always...
why great storytelling falls flat on the page
Last week, a friend, who’s an excellent writer, submitted a short story that didn’t land with our critique group. But when the author spoke about her...
About Mary Frances Hill
Mary Frances Hill was born in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The daughter of a music professor and an elementary school teacher, Mary obtained a master's degree in counseling psychology and worked as a therapist before raising two children. Though Mary currently lives in Southern California with her Russian Blue and Scottish Straight cats, her Pyredoodle puppy, her golfer husband, and her adult son and daughter, she spent many happy vacations at her house on Palm Beach Island—the setting of her most recent novel, The Heaven Spot. Mary is an avid dog walker and home renovator and loves binge-watching true crime documentaries and mysteries. Mary’s debut novel, The Worm Man, was published in 2022.