I hear it all the time. Someone picks up one of my Ravens Cove books, reads the back cover, and says, “Oh, so it’s horror?” I smile, take a breath, and say, “Not quite.” It’s an easy mistake to make. My books have ancient evil, dark supernatural forces, and enough spine-tingling moments to keep you […]
Not every battle announces itself. Some do, of course. There are moments in life when the struggle is obvious. Circumstances shift, pressure builds, and we recognize immediately that we are facing something difficult. In those moments, we brace ourselves. We pray more intentionally. We prepare for what we can see. Those battles are real, but […]
There are stories we enjoy and then there are stories that stay with us long after the final page is turned. You can feel the difference almost immediately. One entertains for a while and then fades into the background of memory, while the other lingers in a quiet and persistent way, returning to your thoughts […]
Every writer hears the question eventually. Where do your stories come from? People often expect a dramatic answer. They imagine some strange experience or a moment where inspiration appeared fully formed and demanded to be written down. The truth is both simpler and more mysterious than that. Stories rarely arrive all at once. More often […]
There are burdens we carry that no one notices. They do not show in photographs. They are not written into résumés or announced in conversation. They live beneath the surface, shaping the way we respond, the way we trust, the way we walk into a room. Some of what we carry is heavy. Some of […]
Before there is suspense, before there are shadows in the trees or whispers in the dark, there is something far less dramatic at work. Obedience. That word may feel heavy. It may even feel distant. But if you have ever tried to write something that truly matters, you understand it. There is a difference between […]
There are moments in life when the world feels loud with questions but strangely quiet with responses. Not the kind of silence that feels empty, but the kind that feels… watchful. Waiting. Almost as if something is unfolding beyond the limits of what we can see or understand. We are a people who crave answers. […]
There are moments when a memory does not behave the way we expect it to. Instead of quietly staying in the past, it steps forward as if it has been waiting for the right moment to return. It arrives unexpectedly through a familiar scent, the sound of a distant song, or the sudden recognition of […]
There is a particular kind of moment that fascinates me both as a writer and as a believer. It is not the moment when danger first appears. It is not even the moment when fear reaches its highest point. It is the moment that comes afterward. The realization that something was present all along, quietly […]
There are moments when the world feels unsteady. Not in some distant, abstract way, but right outside our windows and inside our hearts. Storms roll in without asking permission. News arrives heavy and relentless. Plans unravel. Certainty slips through our fingers faster than we expect. In times like these, fear feels reasonable. Almost logical. The […]
Mary Ann Poll, America’s Lady of Supernatural Thrillers, is the award-winning author of the Ravens Cove series. Born in Texas and shaped by its wide skies and stubborn spirit, Mary Ann called Alaska home for over forty years — and though her boots are back on Texas soil, her heart never left the Last Frontier. That love for both lands breathes through every page — from the sun-baked spirit of Texas to the eerie perpetual light of the Alaskan solstice and the rich traditions of Alaska’s Indigenous peoples.
Her love for a spine-tingling story and her love for Christ come together in her writing. Mary Ann’s own spiritual journey — from a lifelong fascination with the supernatural to a deep and abiding faith — gives her novels their distinctive voice: suspenseful, grounded in real spiritual stakes, and rooted in hope.
When she’s not writing, Mary Ann enjoys gardening, swimming, and time with her beloved family and pets — who have a habit of finding their way into her stories.