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 Born in Simcoe, Ontario, Maggie moved with her family several
times before settling in Long Sault. Much of her childhood was spent there in Hydro’s townsite #2, one of two new towns created to accommodate villagers relocated by the St. Lawrence Seaway and
Power Project.
With her roots now deep in eastern Ontario she still makes her home on the river at Ingleside--Seaway townsite # 1--in a house that once
stood in the lost village of Dickinson’s Landing. Steeped in the lost villages, when not melding the mystery genre with her passion for Canadian history, she continues her journey to explore the emotional
and cultural cost of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Since the release of her first novel, A Violent End, in 2002 followed by The Brother of Sleep in 2004, Maggie has been increasingly in
demand for classroom lectures, symposium presentations and media interviews. She shares not only insights into the writing process but has also become a prominent voice in the growing contemporary
movement to preserve and celebrate the stories of this country. Interest in the story of the St. Lawrence Seaway and a shared history and culture from the American side of the river now takes
Maggie across the border into the northern states several times a year.
Maggie holds an Honours degree in English Literature from the
University of Ottawa. A corporate writer by trade, she owned and operated Words, Ink. for over six years, specializing in editing and business communications. In 2002, she was awarded Outstanding
Business Professional of the Year by the Women Entrepreneurs of Cornwall & Area. Maggie was an instructor with the Upper Canada District School Board and has also worked as both editor and
correspondent for local media outlets.
Dedicated to community service, she is past Secretary of the South
Stormont Chamber of Commerce, past Director of the Women Entrepreneurs of Cornwall and Area, and currently sits on the board of directors for the S
.D. & G. Legal Clinic. Maggie is also a lifetime member of the Lost Villages Historical Society.
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