Mary Woodbury is the best-selling author of the young adult title The Ghost in the Machine, the Polly McDoodle Mystery Series, and Jess and the Runaway Grandpa, a finalist in the Silver Birch Young Readers Choice Award, and a Canadian Children’s Book Centre “Outstanding Title of the Year”. Other titles include A Gift for Johnny Know-It-All, Brad’s Universe, and Where in the World is Jenny Parker? as well as adult collections of short stories and poetry. Originally from Ontario, Mary lived in Newfoundland, New York, and Italy before moving to Edmonton in the late 1970's.