Mary Hoffman writes mostly for children and teenagers, though she has published some adult fiction. During her time in the SoA she has been Chair of the Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group and she organised a weekend conference for them, she has served on the Management Committee for three years, some of it during the difficult Covid times, and she has recruited new members at the London Book Fair.
Mary is a campaigner for libraries and an Honorary Fellow of the Library Association. But mainly Mary writes, presently children’s picture books and non-fiction, concurrently with an adult historical novel. Mary says that after 125 published books, she seems to be getting the hang of it!