Mary McGrath is a freelance writer and photographer based in Los Angeles. As a teenager, she began her writing career as a poet, with her first book coming out in 1980 through Mudborn Press. Although she spent the bulk of her waking life in advertising sales, she finally left corporate life in 2003 to pursue her love of writing, photography and music. Since then, her work has appeared in many national magazines, newspapers and on several web sites.