About

Mary King was born in southern New Jersey and grew up in Oklahoma City, OK, where she was adopted at the age of ten. Her writing has appeared in Quaint Magazine, the Toast, DAME magazine, The Rumpus, and Fit Small Business. She has a degree in English literature from Colgate University, where she has also been featured in the Living Writers program.

Her debut memoir, Bastards– the story of how she and her six biological siblings were separated by adoption–was published by W.W. Norton & Co. Mary is a Literary Death Match champion and an expert home cook.

Services

  • Content Writing
  • Content Editing
  • Content Strategy
  • SEO editing
  • Sensitivity Reading (Adoption)
  • Proofreading
  • Copy Editing
  • Developmental Editing
  • Nonfiction Writing

Published Work

Service Journalism
(a sample)

Books

Bastards

Bastards is a love story about the most absurd, primal, inescapable relationship most of us will ever have; the relationship we have with our siblings.

It is the true story of seven biological siblings who were adopted by five different families, grew up apart, and eventually found one another again.

Contact

Literary rights

Lisa Gallagher
Literary Agent
DeFiore and Company
47 East 19th Street, 3rd Floor
New York NY 10003
Phone:  212-925-7744 ext. 107

Lisa@defliterary.com

For Freelance Writing/ Editing Inquiries

Posts

What Mary’s Clients & Co-workers say….

I wholeheartedly recommend Mary to anyone who has the opportunity to work with or hire her. She was a valuable asset to our team, owned her content area, was genuine and methodical in her writing approach (utilized SEO strategies immensely), and was always full of innovative ideas to take our content to the next level. You’ll also find her easy to work with and probably learn more than you could imagine.”

Charlette B.

Mary is by far one of the most talented writers and content strategists I have ever worked with in any capacity…The quality of Mary’s content and her far-reaching restaurant industry expertise were widely respected and recognized within the organization by other writers and editors, and outside the organization by media and other publications. I highly recommend Mary for any content role, and hope to have the pleasure of working with her again.

Meaghan B.