She has 28 years of teaching experience, both in Spain and in the UK, teaching EFL to children and adults at a wide range of levels. Her most recent post was at a College of Further Education just outside London. She has been an examiner for the Cambridge suite of exams, both oral and written and for Edexcel, where she has marked GCSE English written papers. Mary has written and co-written numerous ELT titles at all levels, from Beginners to Proficiency, including the highly successful Practice Writing, Proficiency Reading and Proficiency Writing, Michigan Gold, First Certificate: Fast Track to First Certificate, and Get on Track for First Certificate. She has also co-written the teen exams courses Activate B2 and Gold Experience. Now a full time writer, Mary lives in Bournemouth.