Mary Beth Temple is a knit and crochet pattern designer. Her independently published pattern line is Hooked for Life, which is available online through Ravelry and Patternfish and at local yarn stores. She is also the author of The Secret Language of Knitters, Hooked for Life: Adventures of a Crochet Zealot, and Curvy Girl Crochet: 25 Patterns that Fit and Flatter. She lives in Wilmington, North Carolina.