Bio

Mary Jennifer Payne is the author of the YA novels Since You’ve Been Gone, Enough, Grave Message, and the Daughters of Light series - Finding Jade, Solomon’s Ring, and Darkness Rising. Her writing has been published in journals, anthologies, and magazines in Canada and abroad.

Mary Jennifer’s graphic novels for young adults - Most Valuable Player, Friends or Enemies, Lion of Africa, and Dog Disaster - are a part of the Boldprint Graphic series (OUP), which was awarded the 2010 Texty Award from the Text and Academic Authors’ Association and the 2011 Teachers’ Choice Award for Children’s Books.

She currently resides in Toronto with her three rescue cats, where she is the founder of Toronto Reading and Writing Tutor, a private tutor company that specializes in supporting students with special educational exceptionalities, such as dyslexia. In her spare time, Mary Jennifer can often be found learning to surf on the beaches of Southern California or spending time with friends in London, UK