"If literature were a meal, your books would be dessert." So one fan told Margaret P. Cunningham, author of four light-hearted romance/humor/mystery novels: LILY IN BLOOM (winner of the Golden Rose Award for Best Contemporary Fiction); ONE TRUE PLACE, ALWAYS CHARLIE and the just-released DESIGNING STELLA. All are set along Alabama's amazing gulf coast where middle-aged but still-got-it protagonists reinvent their lives after category 5 domestic disasters. Margaret grew up on her father's nursery with a mother who was also into gardens - and books, and antiques and beautiful, old houses. So these, along with quirky, southern characters, romance and a bit of mystery are what fill her stories. She is especially excited about DESIGNING STELLA because it's a murder mystery - a first for her. Thanks to all the good readers and writers out there. Life would be awfully dull without you.