Mary Caelsto indulges her love of intriguing new worlds and spirituality by writing science fiction, fantasy, and metaphyiscal non-fiction. A self-described pagan student of Buddhism, she finds her beliefs and studies oftentimes make it into her fictional writings. Her non-fiction has been read in such publications as Circle, New Witch, PaganNet News, Elemental Magazine, and others. She currently runs Jupiter Gardens, LLC and its publishing division Jupiter Gardens Press, where she hopes to share her love of the spiritual and the fantastic through books and products designed to nurture people’s inner worlds.

Although Mary currently resides in Iowa’s capital city, she left her heart down on her land in southern Missouri, where she hopes to live someday. She enjoys spending time with her opinionated horse and a cat who was a dog in a past life, along with the other furry and feathered critters who share her life. This would include her lifebonded, a writer who she met many years ago at a Writer’s Workshop in SE Iowa.