Mary began a publishing career in 1979 in San Francisco, California. She has been the owner and Director of Beeksbee Books, an independent publicity and marketing consulting office, 1992-2003 in St. Paul, MN.  In 2003 she joined the University of Michigan Press, where she was the Director of Publicity and the Trade Marketing and Foreign Rights Manager.  In 2008, she joined Literary Ventures Fund, where she worked as a marketing, publicity and foreign rights consultant with various authors, agents, and publishers.  During the summer of 2010, Mary and her husband, Randall Beek, relocated to Portland, OR.  In the new Pacific Northwest location, the small company READ! was born and once again Mary works independently on publicity projects with discerning authors and publishers.  Mary consults with publishing clients seeking help in the areas of book publicity and marketing outreach focusing on traditional print and electronic media, including radio tours, blogging tours, and she consults on social media and website content.  She will also work with the author to consider opportunities in the overseas market place.  She likes to focus on fiction and creative non-fiction books.