Mary O'Regan is a writer who was born and raised in County Cork, Ireland. After graduating from the University of Limerick, she worked as a teacher and then as a journalist in London for several years. She has blogged at Mary's Blog for fifteen years and had the honor of being invited to the Vatican, where she held forth on the role of more traditional Catholic bloggers. Her passion is to make accessible a synthesis of the teachings of saints, stigmatists, and scholars so that as many people as possible can inherit their wisdom, holiness, and charity. She edited the memoir Drunks and Monks and has spent the last eight years working on this book about St. Padre Pio. The Rosary and the Sacred Heart Novena are her favorite prayers. A social animal, she enjoys fun with her friends, fashion, stand-up comedy, and reading Agatha Christie. She lives in Los Angeles.