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name: Maureen Fergus
about: When I was growing up, the idea of becoming a fiction writer never crossed my mind. At university, I studied science and business. After I graduated, I held jobs in the aerospace, biopharmaceutical and financial services industries. I was ready for life in the corporate fast lane.Then, six weeks after our first daughter was born, my husband suggested that I try writing. Thinking that it might be a good way to keep my brain stimulated in between diaper changes, I decided to give it a try. That first time I reached my fingers toward the keyboard to write a story it felt as though I was slipping my hands into a pair of gloves that had been waiting for me my whole life. And the rest, as they say, is history...