Mary McHugh is the
author of nine books, one of which is Special Siblings:
Growing Up With Someone With a Disability, a memoir about
growing up with her brother Jack who has cerebral palsy and mental
retardation. Her most recent books are How Not to be A Little
Old Lady, and Eat This.
Mary worked for The
New York Times for eight years as a writer, researcher and
copy editor. She was an articles editor at several national magazines
and a contributing editor to Cosmopolitan. Her story, "Telling
Jack," which was published in the "Hers" column of The
New York Times Magazine, was nominated for an award for best
personal essay by the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Her Good Housekeeping article, "Loving Jack," was nominated
for an award by the American Society of Magazine Editors. Her
articles can be seen in Family Circle Magazine and Mary lectures
on various topics.
