Mary Kennedy is a multi-published author, and a clinical psychologist in private practice on the east coast.  She specializes in forensic work, and her clients have included murderers, psychopaths and convicted felons.

She writes young adult novels, middle grade fiction and mysteries.  She has sold 33 novels, and has made both the Waldenbooks and Publishers Weekly best-seller lists.  Her books have sold twelve million copies in several countries.

In addition to her doctorate in psychology, she has a Master’s degree in Dramatic Arts and has studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan.  In her quest for a ”real job,” she once worked as a television news writer for a CBS affiliate and as a copywriter for a rock radio station.

When not traveling to exotic locales, she lives with her husband and five neurotic cats.  The cats have resisted all her efforts to psychoanalyze them, but she remains optimistic.

She belongs to Novelists Inc. and the Romance Writers of America, Published Author's Special Interest Chapter. 

Her latest book, Confessions of an Almost-Movie Star was published by Berkley Trade in July 2005. The sequel, Tales of a Hollywood Gossip Queen will be available from Berkley in 2006, plus Beautiful Girls, a chick-lit set in South Beach.