Mary Beth Hines grew up in Massachusetts where she spent Saturday afternoons falling in love with stories and poems in the Waltham Public Library. She earned a bachelor of arts in English from The College of the Holy Cross, and studied for a year at Durham University in England. Following a career in public service (Volpe Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts), she began a regular creative writing practice. She is an award-winning poet, a Pushcart nominee in both poetry and fiction, and an alumna of the Colrain Manuscript Conference. As a member of the Boiler House Poets Collective, she participates in an annual Assets for Artists workshop residency at The Studios at MASS MoCA. Her writing appears in literary journals and anthologies nationally and abroad. Most recently, her chapbook was recognized as a finalist in Fool for Poetry's 2023 International Chapbook Contest and in Comstock Review's Jessie Bryce Niles 2023 Chapbook Contest. When not reading or writing, Mary Beth swims, walks in the woods, travels with her husband, and enjoys life with their family, including their two beloved grandchildren.

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