Mary B. Gray was born and raised in Lawton, OK and received her Bachelor of Arts in both Journalism and English Writing, as well her Master of Public Administration (MPA), from the University of Oklahoma and her Master of Fine Arts from Oklahoma City University. Her work has been published in Ain’t Nobody That Can Sing Like Me: New Oklahoma Writing, Territory Magazine, and For the Sonorous.

Mary’s first poetry collection, Who Do You Think You Are? from Turning Plow Press was released during October 2022. And it won the poetry category for the Oklahoma Book Awards in April 2023.