Books by Mary W. Walters
Non-fiction
 Write an Effective Funding Application: A Guide for Researchers and Scholars
In a world where the opportunity to advance scholarly and scientific knowledge is dependent on the ability to secure sufficient funding, researchers and scholars must write funding proposals that stand out from the competition. The practical advice in this guidebook is designed to aid academics in writing successful applications at all stages of their careers.
Write an Effective Funding Application details the all-important preparation stage in drafting a grant application, from identifying sources of funding and securing registration numbers to creating a schedule for meeting the application deadline. It reviews the nuts and bolts of writing and polishing a winning application, stressing the importance of logical thinking and thoughtful presentation. The book includes detailed information on developing budgets, "before" and "after" versions of proposals, and descriptions of common pitfalls that everyone can avoid.
Fiction
 The Woman Upstairs: A Novel
Diana Guthrie is a young woman struggling between her sense of what she "ought" to do and her need to believe she is more than a puppet manipulated by other people. When she learns that her powerful and controlling mother — whom she hasn't seen in 15 years — is dying, she hurries back to her childhood home. There she is faced with memories and conflicts that threaten to prevent her from climbing the stairs that will take her to her mother's bedside. Will she find the courage to face her mother before it is too late?
Winner of a Writers Guild of Alberta Award for Excellence in Writing, The Woman Upstairs was published to widespread acclaim in 1989 by NeWest Press but quickly sold out and remained out of print for more than two decades. This new edition of The Woman Upstairs will be welcomed by the author's long-time readers, as well as by new fans of her work.
Cool (short stories from River Books)
Thirteen short stories by Mary W. Walters, all but one previously published in such diverse periodicals as PRISM International, The
Malahat Review, Chatelaine and The Buenos Airies Literary Review. Several have been broadcast on CBC Radio and collected in various anthologies.
River Books is no longer in business. Copies of Cool are available from the author or through resale venues such as Amazon or AbeBooks.
When Maggie Townsend, wife of Archie Townsend, MLA, longs for a more interesting, artistic, and bohemian life she is drawn into an affair with the sexy writer and thinker Zeke Avery, a man she has not seen since university. Maggie soon has her hands full trying to manage a job, a family, and her relationship with the tormented writer. Things become even more complicated on the eve of the provincial election when Maggie's worlds collide.
This book is out of print. Used copies may be available through AbeBooks, on Amazon, or via other resale venues.
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