About Mary L. Hamilton

Mary L. Hamilton began writing for publication when her children were young. She sold articles to Christian magazines and later wrote a play for her church’s women’s ministry outreach. That play sparked her passion for fiction even as it humbled her to see it performed. She says, “I gave them words in black and white and they put skin and clothes on those words. They brought black and white to life in Technicolor.”

By that time, her three children had quit taking naps and she couldn’t find a regular time to write when she wasn’t falling asleep. She put writing aside until her youngest was in school and then concentrated on writing fiction.

Her first novels drew from her experience growing up at a Christian youth camp. The Rustic Knoll Bible Camp series for young teens tells the stories of three hurting teens who bring their “baggage” to camp and find that Jesus can lift their burdens.

Since then Mary has written novels of mystery and suspense and plans to write more general fiction stories that appeal to women.

She has lived in Texas most of her adult life, and when she’s not writing, she enjoys knitting, walking her dog, and a little phone photography.