Maggie describes herself as an idealistic nerd with a romantic streak that surpasses any scientific explanation. Writing stories and making music has been a part of her DNA as long as she can remember. As a child she wanted to learn EVERYTHING, and as fast as possible. She wanted to know how a car engine worked and what made people tick. She organized children to re-enact her favorite movies in the backyard and wrote stories and plays about worlds she'd never seen. Her love of life-long learning garnered degrees in psychology, counseling, computer science, and culminated in an Ed.D. If she were independently wealthy she would probably add more education to the list because she'd love to delve more into physics and cosmology and it’s relationship to religion and faith. Her previous career was primarily in academia and ended with a few years of educational consulting in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. Though those were exciting and rewarding times, Maggie is now doing what she dreamed of since the 4th grade—writing stories that entertain, that share her love of learning, and that remake the world into what she wants it to be. With more than 20 titles now published, Maggie is on her way to reaching that dream. All of Maggie's fiction is character driven and reinforces that life is about making heroic choices one messy moment at a time. She and her husband have settled in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, in the United States, where she now writes full-time. Her fiction spans romance, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy titles. Her current non-fiction work focuses on helping career authors succeed in the business and technical side of writing and publishing.