Maureen Fisher
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Introduction | Born in Scotland, I emigrated to Canada, kicking and screaming, at the tender age of seven. Years later as a University of Toronto graduate, I convinced the federal government to hire a Fine Arts specialist as a computer programmer. After three years of bits, bytes, and dumps (probably not what you are thinking), I graduated again, this time to full-time homemaker and mom, raising two wonderful sons. Plunging back into the business world, my second husband and I started a management consulting company. This marriage survived because my husband and I pledged never to work on the same project again. Ever. After a century in the consulting world, I grew weary of wearing snappy power suits, squeezing into panty hose, and fighting rush hour traffic. I made a life-changing decision. I wanted to write books. Not dry, boring, technical treatises, but fresh, funny romantic suspense novels. Between trips, my husband and I live in Ottawa where I volunteer for an addiction family program, play bridge, and slave over my computer to improve my writing skills. |
| Interests | Bridge, bicycling, cross-country skiing, reading, painting, travel, yoga |
| Favorite music | Rock and roll especially Bruce Springsteen and The Eagles, folk music. |
| Favorite books | Anything by Jayne Anne Krentz, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, or Janet Evanovitch. I read pretty much everything from romance to mystery to horror. |
Your people want to make a statue in your honor. What will it be made out of and what victory will it commemorate?
It will be made of pink marble and will commemorate my contribution to making a difference by helping families of addicts and alcoholics.