Mary Sears is a professional writer and editor experienced in web-based publishing.

She creates content for Scholastic.com, ladieshomejournal.com, and the Manage Your Life channel on Yahoo's Shine site for women. She is about.com's expert on flea markets and yard sales.

Mary Sears is an avid reader and reviews books under the nom de plume Miss Thompson on blogspot.com.

With a broad understanding of how consumers behave and navigate the web, she brings years of experience to her clients, and possesses a full range of communications skills across many platforms.

Over the years, her consistent effective messaging has anchored marketing efforts for clients such as Estee Lauder, Tricia Guild, Hooks & Lattice planters, setfocus.com, and Spruce Home Staging.

Mary Sears has held senior editorial positions at House & Garden magazine, Country Living magazine, and Child magazine, and is a frequent contributor to publications such as Family Circle, Working Mother, Country Living, New Jersey CEO, Fortune Small Business, and The New York Times.

Known for her collaborative ability, Mrs. Sears has been a successful ghostwriter for prominent design personalities including New York decorator Charlotte Moss (A Passion for Detail, (Doubleday, 1991), home stager Barb Schwarz (Home Staging: The Winning Way To Sell Your House for More Money, John Wiley, 2006), artists James Cramer and Dean Johnson (Seasons at Seven Gates Farm, Hearst, 1996) and Windowboxes Indoors and Out (Artisan, 1999), and Los Angeles decorator Catherine Bailley Dunne (Interior Designing for All Five Senses, Golden Books, 1998).

Mary Sears recently completed a book proposal with makeup artist Kriss Soterion, who traveled with the 2008 Presidential campaigns for CNN.

Mary Sears is the coauthor of Celebrating Family Traditions (Little, Brown) and the humor books Life Is Too Short, and Life Goes On (Warner Books).

Mary Sears holds a Bachelors Degree in Communications, graduating with honors from The American University in Washington, DC.

She lives with her family in New Jersey.