Mary E. Roach is a former early childhood teacher who now writes across genres and age categories, most recently thrillers for the young adult audience and romances for the adult audience. 

When she is not writing stories for and about powerful women, Mary enjoys running, teaching martial arts, and disappearing into the wilderness. Mary lives in St. Paul with her fiancé and their very disagreeable cat, Lulu.

Her debut YA mystery, Better Left Buried, about two girls who fall in love during a murder investigation at an abandoned amusement park, is out now. Seven for a Secret, in which a vengeful girl looks for answers about her missing sisters, will follow in 2025.

We Are the Match, Mary’s debut adult romance, in which Helen and Paris are trapped in a modern-day crime families and the stakes get higher when they fall for each other, will publish July 2025.