Carpenter, Mary

Mary Carpenter is a DC-based freelance writer, leading creative writing workshops at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Md., the DC jail and elsewhere.  She has written two middle-grade biographies, including “Rescued by a Cow and a Squeeze” about Temple Grandin.  For more than 30 years, Mary reported on medicine for magazines and websites. She has an M.S. journalism degree from Boston University and an English Literature B.A. from Wellesley College.