Born to Maltese immigrants in Australia in the 1960's, Mary sailed back to Malta after her fourth birthday with her parents, leaving her grandparents behind. The abundant joy of both families reuniting was in stark contrast to the bad turn that Mary's mother mental health had taken over those years. Mary cared for her mentally ill mother till her bitter end on the 20th December 1993. It had been a harrowing journey, yet one shrouded in unconditional love transcending time and space, giving Mary a deep insight into the human condition. This is depicted in Mary's latest publication https://books2read.com/b/4EJ6QO – Liberation at Last by Mary Mallia in December 2023, an epub commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of her mother's passing after having taken her own life.

In 2017 whilst visiting family in Malta, Mary started writing poetry. The poetry written and published so far has stemmed from a lifetime of soul-searching, reflecting deep spiritual experiences and self-reflection spanning decades. Mary explores themes like the meaning of life, death, suffering, injustice, abuse, light, dark, healing, empowerment and enlightenment all thrown into one.

She currently lives in South Oxfordshire where she enjoys walks in the luscious countryside and a living-room with a river view which has inspired a lot of her poetry. Writing is her passion and has been since her teens, but she also enjoys dancing, yoga, meditating, cooking, baking, entertaining and socialising. Mary is also a British Wheel of Yoga trained Yoga practitioner and teacher, as well as a healer and a spiritual guide.