
Mary Jumbelic is an author from Central New York, and former chief medical examiner of Onondaga County. Performing thousands of autopsies in her career, she elaborates a strong voice for the deceased. She explores through creative non-fiction the imprint the dead have made on her humanity.

AWARDS
First Place
Dreamers, 2021
First Place
Women on Writing, April 2021
First Place
Tortoise and Finch, 2017
Leslie London Neulander Murder Investigation
Final Days on Earth Podcast, Episode 16
May 4, 2022
Jill Cahill Murder, 20/20
April 25, 2017
Special assignments
October, 2005
Hurricane Katrina, St. Gabriel, Louisiana
January – February 2005
Boxing Day Tsunami, Thailand
September 2001
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, New York City

Mary Jumbelic attended Seton High School in Baltimore, Maryland, graduating in 1974. The Daughters of Charity gave her a lot to think about between her favorite class of English with Sister Andrea and her least favorite of Chemistry with Sister Dolores. She worked part=time, evenings and weekends at TASCO, telephone answering service company, just two blocks from school. Highlights from those years include being on the team “It’s Academic” a TV quiz show, volunteering for the Red Cross, and lettering in Library Club.