Mary Walters is a former Edmonton junior high Language Arts teacher. She has been the Executive Director of the Writers Guild of Alberta, Editor-in-Chief at Lone Pine Publishing, and Writer-in-Residence at Grant MacEwan University. Her short fiction has appeared in Grain, Chatelaine, NeWest Review, Herizons, Mahalat Review, Dandelion, Culture Shock, and The Wascana Review.  Mary has also published works in the anthologies Alberta Bound, Alberta Rebound, Boundless Alberta, and Eating Apples. She is the past winner of the Alberta Achievement Award, the Writers Guild of Alberta Award for Excellence in Writing, and the Alberta Culture/CBC Write-for-Radio Competition. Her first book was The Woman Upstairs  (NeWest 1987). Bitters is her second novel. Mary lives in Edmonton. 

For more information on Mary and her books please visit:   www.marywwalters.com