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Maggi Andersen

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Gender	Female
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Writer
Location	Southern Highlands, New South Wales, Australia
Introduction	I write sensual historical romance where heroes meet their match in feisty heroines. Add a dash of adventure, a murder or two, a mystery or intrigue. What better time to set them than the Georgian, Regency and the late Victorian period on the brink of the 20th Century. The Regency was a time of both opulence and abject poverty. Of economic and social change: the Napoleonic wars, the power struggle for the Americas, and the Industrial revolution when people began to desert the country for the cities. Celebrity Lord Byron wrote dark romantic poetry, and Beau Brummell defined and shaped fashion into a period of simplistic elegance. Men abandoned brocades and lace for linen trousers, overcoats with breeches and boots, and women abandoned corsets for high wasted, thin gauzy dresses. A spend-thrift aesthete known for his scandalous affairs, George IV, the Prince of Wales was made Regent in 1811 after his father was declared too mad to rein. Prinny presided over the elegant society of the ton, the Upper Ten Thousand, who defined themselves by an incredibly formal etiquette code which set them apart from the rising middle class.
Interests	Walking in the mist in autumn, curled up reading by the fire with a book in winter. Swimming in summer. Enjoying the garden in spring. Politics and current affairs, watching old black & white movies and any that capture a sense of place with great characters, theatre, although I rarely go now I live in the country, travelling, with a wishlist for Canada, New York, Boston and Iceland.
Favorite Movies	Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion, although not the latest one. Because they are wonderful romances and capture the Regency and Victorian eras so well, The Producers and anything by Mel Brooks for a good belly laugh, Gone with the Wind for great historical drama - wish Margaret Mitchell had written that sequel, Double Jeopardy, a superb film noir, a film genre I love. Alfred Hitchcock, of course, especially Notorious for that kiss! Anything with spies and intrigue.
Favorite Music	My tastes are quite eclectic. Van Morrison, Adele. The Boss. Jamie Cullum Catching Tales, Bach - particularly Sheep May Safely Graze.
Favorite Books	All of Georgette Heyer's novels, Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Wilkie Collins's, Woman in White. Contemporary writers of the Regency like Mary Jo Putney, Tessa Dare, Eloisa James, Stephanie Laurens, Julia Quinn for the great Bridgeton series, Deanna Raybourn, always a good read. The Scarlet Pimpernel.Romantic suspense and crime, especially Lee Child's Reacher. Regency spies.

When you've got water stuck in your ear, how do you get it out?

Stand on your head.