Biography
Maggie Bishop, Author & Speaker Maggie Bishop is the author of a mystery series, Appalachian Adventure Mysteries, and two romance novels set in the Mountains of North Carolina in the Boone area. "I started with romance and have turned to murder." In Perfect for Framing, released November 2008, greed and a lust for power led to murder in a clash of personal versus public needs. Murder at Blue Fallshas Jemma who leads trail rides on her parents’ guest ranch as a suspect in the murder of neighborhood dogs and well as a man. Emeralds in the Snow involves skiing at Sugar Mountain, an emerald mine, and a cold case murder. Award winning Appalachian Paradise takes place on a five-day backpacking trip in the spring amongst the bears, boars and girl scouts. Maggie's fun book is now available. Meow Means Me! Now! is a rhyming feline allegory with poetry and photos. This gift book is a departure from her novels but sprang from her love of cats.
Think Dr. Suess meets Marley & Me.
In 2007, she was chosen as one of "100 Incredible ECU Women" for literature and leadership. She's an Air Force brat who put herself through East Carolina University and received a MBA degree, a former manufacturing executive, founder and past president of High Country Writers, past Secretary of Central Pennsylvania Romance Writers, and is a member of Romance Writers of America and Sisters in Crime Maggie's the current Treasurer of High Country Writers in Boone, NC. She's given workshops on The 5 "C" of Mystery Writing, Plotting a Novel in 60 Minutes, On Stage! Book Signings, Your First Chapter, Villains & Appalachian Villains, Get Started on Your Novel/Memoir, Internet Promotions and Getting Organized. She was featured on the website of the Houston chapter of Sisters in Crime and on RomanceJunkies.com. She's been a speaker at the Blue Ridge Writers & Readers Conference, Cape Fear Crime Festival, Malice Domestic, Appalachian Regional Writers series, Watauga Arts Council and the Lees McRae Book Fair.
She was the Training Manager at Danskin for 2 years and at Milliken & Company for 5 years.
Website http://maggiebishop1.tripod.com
Blog http://damesofdialogue.wordpress.com