Maggie Shaw first started writing fiction in her childhood in the 1960s, inspired by her favourite authors in science fiction, fantasy and folklore. By the age of 11 she had read all the novels in her local children's library and was granted permission to access the adult shelves. A teenage runaway who made good despite struggles with substance abuse and mental health problems, Maggie was a skilled administrator but gave up working in the City of London in 1989 to go back to school in Scotland. She gained a BSc (Hons) in Dietetics and became a consultant mental health dietitian, working mainly in locked ward hospitals. In the 2000s she continued studying and gained a BD, a PGSE in Religious Studies and a FD in Church Music. Maggie retired in 2018 to start up the micro-publishing firm Eregendal. That same year she was diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), revealing the root of her adolescent problems. Many of her novels reflect her own search as an autist for understanding, identity and wholeness, which she sets in action-packed stories in the genres she has always loved.Maggie lives in South Cheshire with husband Alan and tabby cat Tinker. When not writing, Maggie is Director of Music at her parish church, and runs the singing for lung health group Breathe Better Sing Together.
