Mary Worwood is the pseudonym for Canadian author, Mary Louise Dumka. Her writing career began as a part time journalist for a string of community newspapers. (From 2003 to 2007). And she is currently employed by the Trent Hills Public Library. Mary formed the Trent Hills Public Library Writers Group in 2015 and continues to facilitate the group. She has taken writing courses at Trent University and Loyalist College. She credits her instructor, speculative author Ursula Pflug, for recognizing and nurturing her latent talent as an author. Her post-secondary education included: theatre arts, and art history at the University of Victoria, until she was accepted into Langara College’s Studio 58 Theatre Arts Program in Vancouver. She is an avid photographer and enjoys reading, gardening, cross-country skiing, boating and when she can afford it travelling. She lives on a lake in Northumberland County with her husband, artist Jim Dumka and two cats. Her current work Overtime is her first novel.