Mary Mauldin (born Mary Elizabeth Hilliar) grew up in Hartselle, Alabama. After high school, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee to obtain her Bachelor’s degree at Lipscomb University and then went to Belmont University School of Law briefly. Mauldin switched gears and landed a job as a data analyst in 2016, and now works full-time in corporate healthcare IT.

While Mary focused on academia for 10 years in Nashville, she was also making music moves. At age 18, Mauldin started playing audition-only Writers Nights at the famous Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, and one of her performances there was mentioned in Rolling Stone magazine.

She continues to play Bluebird as well as other Nashville venues like Listening Room Cafe. In 2019, she was a top-10 finalist in the NSAI Song Contest by CMT and Martin Guitars with her ballad, “I Can’t Be Your Whiskey.” In 2021 she was asked to become a Song Suffragette. She has been scouted to perform on several TV shows such as American Idol, America’s Got Talent, and Songland. She spends her time between Nashville and her home in Bowling Green, Kentucky, with her husband, Drew, and her new baby daughter, Emmylou.