A.J. Maguire is a science fiction loving, mountain climbing, head-in-the-clouds writer. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and son, and far too many animals. Maguire enjoys books with strong characters who challenge her as a person and manage to whisk her off with adventure at the same time. This means that she reads nearly any genre and any author but her favorites include Diana Gabaldon, James Rollins, Ken Follett, Jennifer Crusie, and Brandon Sanderson. Her own writing runs the gamut between science fiction, fantasy, and historical fiction. Maguire is passionate about her craft and constantly working to improve. She'll probably keep telling stories long into her old age and believes that being an author is the single greatest, most wonderful gift she has been given—apart from her son. She looks forward to every story and hopes to release many more novels in the years to come.