Maria Saracen is a writer and NE Emmy-nominated television producer. As a child, she was scolded for reading too much, her record being 12 Nancy Drew books in one week. She was raised in South Africa, on a beautiful game reserve, and decide that the only way to stay out of trouble was to read in trees. These days, when she's not making documentaries or writing for clients, she loves reading stories with her little boy (sadly, not in trees). Right now, their favorites include the Who Was series and The Magic Treehouse books. Sometime within this century, Maria intends to write memoirs of her life in the bushveld (among other places) and publish a monsters book with her son. Watch this space!