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MEET ROMANCE AUTHOR
MAGGIE NORTH
AUTHOR OF LOVE STORIES WHERE YOU’RE SEEN, EMBRACED, & UTTERLY UNDONE.
MAGGIE NORTH writes deeply emotional, strangely hilarious romance novels about introverts, STEM, Canada, and other overlooked, underappreciated things you’d love to discover. A doctor by day, author by night, she lives in Ottawa, Canada with the man she met in ninth grade, their kid, and a rotating cast of hypoallergenic aquarium friends. Maggie enjoys being autistic a lot more since her diagnosis as an adult. Her books include RULES FOR SECOND CHANCES, THE RIPPLE EFFECT, and FOSSIL FEUD.
I’M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WAS A STORYTELLER EVEN BEFORE I LEARNED TO WRITE. MY GRAN USED TO MAKE ME DICTATE MY STORIES TO HER, AND SHE’D WRITE THEM DOWN AND DRAW LITTLE PICTURES. MY FIRST BOOK WAS A STORY ABOUT A PACKAGE OF GUM THAT RAN AROUND THE HOUSE LOOKING FOR ME. IT WAS INSTALOVE FOR BOTH OF US.
WHY I STARTED WRITING
A Few Fun Facts
I’VE BEEN READING ROMANCE NOVELS SINCE I WAS YOUNG ENOUGH TO HAVE TO SNEAK THEM FROM MY SISTER (AND HIDE THEM FROM MY MOM).
MY SPOUSE, A TRUE ROMANCE HERO, IS ALWAYS THE FIRST PERSON TO PREORDER MY BOOKS.
MY FAMILY CALLS MY OFFICE “THE BATCAVE.” IT’S PAINTED PINK & FESTOONED WITH HUNDREDS OF CRYPTIC STICKY NOTES. EVEN I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY ALL MEAN.
I'D LOVE TO WRITE IN COFFEE SHOPS, BUT WRIST ISSUES FORCE ME TO DICTATE DRAFTS. DICTATING SPICY SCENES IN PUBLIC IS TRICKY—WITHOUT RISKING GETTING KICKED OUT. NOT IMPOSSIBLE, JUST DIFFICULT.
IF YOU’RE MY FRIEND I WILL BOMBARD YOU WITH TEXTS DECONSTRUCTING EVERYTHING ABOUT THE ROMANCE I JUST FINISHED READING!
