Mary Hutchings Reed has always wanted to be a writer, and remembers
fondly a toy printing press with handset type on which she wrote
her first poem. Now a novelist and playwright, in addition to
practicing advertising, entertainment, and media law with Winston &
Strawn, Chicago, her fiction has appeared in ARS Medica,
The Ligourian, and The Tampa Review. Warming
Up is her seventh novel and the second to find its way to
print. Her first, Courting Kathleen Hannigan, was published
in 2007, and her musical, Fairways, has been produced three
times in the Chicago area, including its 2006 premiere at Steel
Beam Theatre, St. Charles, Illinois.
Mary lives with her husband, Bill, in Chicago, where she was named
"2012 Lawyer of the Year" in Advertising Law by Best Lawyers. She
is a graduate of Brown University with a combined bachelor's degree
in public policy making and a master's degree in economics. She
earned her J.D. from Yale Law School. She is represented by April
Eberhardt of April Eberhardt Literary of San Francisco.
Mary is pleased to donate 10 percent of the proceeds from the sale
of Warming Up to The Night Ministry, which serves the
homeless in Chicago, an organization she strongly supports. Visit
Mary at maryhutchingsreed.com.
"Reed's charming novel stars a neurotic singer with mother issues
who has been avoiding auditions and attending frustrating therapy
sessions instead. When Cecilia meets a homeless boy on the streets,
however, her life takes a risky new direction. A well-written,
endearing book that surprises . . . "
-Kirkus Reviews
"Reed engages the reader from page to page toward a satisfyingly
cozy niche for all ofher characters, never losing s-Barbara Scott,
founder of A Woman's Write
"To read Warming Up is to enter a story that keeps you eager
to know what evercompelling twist is just beyond the next
page."
-Lucia Blinn, author of We Called It "The Country"
"Only an ingenious writer gifted with imagination, heart, and
courage could bring together the characters in this book, with the
result that the reader cannot turn pages fast enough to be rewarded
with basic truth-that caring for someone else and accepting
yourself, even when your own life is forcing harsh truths on you,
can break the bonds of fear and allow love to thrive."
-Enid Powe ll, author of To Tell You The Truth and Other
Fictions
"As in her first novel, Courting Kathleen Hannigan, Reed draws you
into a compelling story and immerses you in a fulfilling and
heart-warming experience."
-Marjie Rynears on, author of Gentle Vignettes and
Elements of Story Structure
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