Mysteries have been a passion for Mary Devlin since she discovered Nancy Drew at the age of eight, and were expanded to romantic suspense when, in high school, she became an avid fan of Victoria Holt and Mary Stewart. A BA in English, she      specialized in the heroic and medieval ages, including study of Chaucer and other medieval poets. Her love of medieval studies and her enthusiasm for mysteries eventually led her to Ellis Peters, Edward Marston, Candace Robb, Sharan Newman, and Peter Tremayne. A dream caused her to make a detective out of noted poet/astrologer Geoffrey Chaucer, and the result includes two novels featuring Chaucer, MURDER ON THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMAGE and THE LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN. Another of Mary's mysteries is PORTRAIT OF VICTORINE, a novel of romantic suspense set in the contemporary Paris art world. DEVON WAKEFIELD, a historical romance set in 18th-century Australia, was released at Christmas of 2001.

Ms. Devlin is also quite well known in the fields of astrology and New Age thought. She is a certified Professional Member of the American Federation of Astrologers, and was trained by Marcia Moore in karmic astrology and past-life regression. Mary's many published works include books such as I AM MARY SHELLEY, ASTROLOGY AND PAST LIVES and ASTROLOGY AND RELATIONSHIPS, and YOUR FUTURE LIVES, THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SPIRIT, and the recently-released MEDIEVAL MUSIC, MAGICAL MINDS, as well as a significant number of magazine articles. Her current works in progress include LOVE, SEX AND THE SPIRITUAL LIFE, THE LOST MUSIC OF IRELAND, and TAROT OF THE RISHIS, a combination book and Tarot card deck based on Hindu mythology, in conjunction with noted San Francisco artist Steven Johnson Leyba. She has lectured on these subjects all over the United States and in England and Holland.

A trained actress and screenwriter, Ms. Devlin studied acting at Estelle Harman’s Academy, and screenwriting under Travis Pike and Steven Wolfson in Los Angeles, and Ken Valentine at San Francisco’s Film Arts Foundation. In her early days in Los Angeles, she appeared on stage in Moonchildren and in several films, including And Now for the Murder written, produced and directed by Carl Binder. She also wrote and produced William the Conqueror, a historical docudrama, as well as a documentary on firewalking and a number of music videos.

 Ms. Devlin is also an accomplished vocalist. Classically trained in both opera and bel canto, she was a folk singer for a number of years before discovering medieval and Renaissance music. An Anglophile who divides her time between London and Los Angeles, she performed for several years with a London-based medieval ensemble called The Lion Tree, and at the same time maintained a solo career concentrating on songs of the Elizabethan period. She was highly praised for her performances for the London Film Festival, and her work has been featured on both radio and television. In 1998 she produced and performed in a revival of the medieval comic opera, Le Gieus de Robin et Marion, for the Berkeley Early Music Festival Fringe. Presently she directs the Sherwood Consort, a mixed vocal ensemble specializing in medieval, Renaissance and traditional music. In addition to singing, she plays lute, gittern, crwth, and harp. The Sherwood Consort has released three CDs, Between March and April: Music of Medieval England; Robin Loves Me: The Legend of Robin and Marion; and One Day as I Went Riding.

Ms. Devlin is also an amateur painter, primarily influenced by and interested in the Impressionists. She has traveled all over the world, from Mexico to Australia to Kenya to all parts of Europe, and has spent a considerable amount of time in Paris, France. She is the mother of two sons, Thomas and Allan Dye, both accomplished musicians and award-winning cartoonists, and a daughter, Laura Meador, a real estate management specialist. Ms. Devlin currently lives in Los Angeles, California, with three cats, Cricket, Erin, and Draupadi.