Mary T. Wilkinson was the second oldest of 13 children. She loved to tell her siblings stories when she was growing up. A love for writing came later as she began a career as an elementary teacher. During her summer as a fellow in the Ball State University Indiana Writing Project, she began the first chapters of her debut novel, Call Me Lizzy. Her primary goal is to write books for children that are positive and inspirational, but she has also written two biographies and a Life Story Kit that will help others write the biographies of their loved ones. Mary and her husband, Paul, have three children and six grandchildren giving her lots of ideas for new stories.