Mary C. M. Phillips is a writer, poet, and musician.
Her work has been widely published in poetry journals and anthologies. She is also a frequent contributing writer for the bestselling series, Chicken Soup for the Soul.
With a particular fondness for Jane Austen, Mary’s Austen-related material can be read on literary blogs, online Austen articles, and in books such as What Jane Austen Didn’t Tell Us.
Several of Mary’s poems have been displayed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania’s public transportation via the Poetry-In-Transit campaign (sponsored by WordHive and Vector Media).
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As a musician, Mary has recorded and toured with several alt-rock recording artists (Matthew Sweet, Don Dixon, Marti Jones) as well as comedians Rob Bartlett and Barry Mitchell (ABC’s World News Now). She and good friend, Cathy Harrington, were collectively known as 80s synth-pop duo, Venus II.
Mary’s latest spoken-word album, Music of the Forest (Rock-it Science Records), was produced by husband/guitarist, Mark Phillips and is available on streaming platforms.
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To satisfy her talkative inner life, Mary enjoys hanging out with her family, walking her dogs, composing poems, and writing in the third person.
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