Mary J. Lockwood is a Storyteller, Researcher, and Human Being Alive. Mary works internationally telling stories for adults and children and has performed at festivals such as Glastonbury and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Listen With Mary and Mary the Storyteller are her storytelling podcasts. Mary writes books, performs poetry, creates videos, and conducts public speaking and arts consultancy.
Mary is completing her PhD in Nursing researching how storytelling impacts healthcare for children with chronic pain. Mary has presented her research at institutions such as Stanford University (USA) and Glasgow University (UK), won a Wellcome Trust funded place to speak at Shanghai University, and was a European Pain Scholar in 2018. Mary’s main research interests lie in storytelling, health communication, chronic pain management, patient voices, and reducing health inequalities.
When not telling stories or conducting research, Mary works in disaster response.