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About Me

I am an author, and I live in New York. I wrote a few books, including 13 Little Blue Envelopes , The Key to the Golden Firebird , The Bermudez Triangle , and Devilish .
I keep an actual and updated website here.
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My Interests

Being late on deadlines, crimefighting.

I'd like to meet:

My beloved readers, Mika, maybe some people from Virgin Atlantic Airlines, and Ana Metronic.

Music:

The Divine Comedy, Scissor Sisters, Roxy Music, Ben Folds, Supergrass, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Golpfrapp, OK Go, Grant Lee Phillips, Belle and Sebastian, Super Furry Animals, Mika, Abba, The Clash

Movies:

I love loads of movies, but ask me to name one, and I go blank. I have movie memory block.

Television:

Gory British crime dramas, Black Books . . . basically, anything on BBC America, because I never change my channel.

Books:

The Great Gatsby. Auntie Mame. The Sun Also Rises. The Westing Game. The 21 Balloons. The Hound of the Baskervilles. I Capture the Castle. The Pirates! The Woman in White.Anything by: P.G. Wodehouse, Hunter S. Thompson, Jane Austen, Christopher Isherwood, Tom Wolfe, Jasper Fforde, Joan Didion, Stephen Fry, Mikhail Bulgakov.Because I'm a YA author, there's a long list of YA books . . . and, of course, all things H. Potter.

Heroes:

Eddie Izzard, Simon Pegg, Christopher Isherwood, Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, Lester Bangs, Mae West, The Marx Brothers

My Blog

Suite Scarlett sneak preview

Hey everyone . . . Just visiting my long-neglected myspace blog for a minute to let you know that you can read the first chapter of Suite Scarlett (coming May 1st) right here.It's not the whole book ....
Posted by Maureen on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:20:00 PST

THE TERRIBLE SECRET OF MYSPACE

Hello, myspace friends!I've been getting a bunch of notes recently asking me why I never come over to myspace. I am obliged come over and answer!The reason is: I can't really handle writing two blogs ...
Posted by Maureen on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:18:00 PST

THE GREAT HARRODS CAPER

Attention UK friends:I need your help. I am coming to the UK, and have been challanged to DO SOMETHING STRANGE during my stay. Namely, I have been challenged to go on a scavenger hunt in Harrods--look...
Posted by Maureen on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:02:00 PST

THE GIRL AT SEA HOLIDAY CONTEST

I love the holiday season, so I have decided that from this point through to the end of the year, I will completely turn my blog over to all things festive. This is your one-stop shop for CHEER. No ma...
Posted by Maureen on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:24:00 PST

THE MJ SIGNING WORKSHOP

Let the holiday shopping begin! If you are thinking of giving one of my books as a gift this year, I'd be happy to presonalize it for you with a signed card that you can put in the book. Think how muc...
Posted by Maureen on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:41:00 PST

PODCAST SPECTACULAR! ALSO, APPEARNANCES!

Hello Philadelphia! Guess what? I'm coming home, and you have two opportunities to hang with me this week. Here they are:Wednesday, October 4th, 7:15 PMBarnes & Noble 1805 Walnut Street, Philadelphia,...
Posted by Maureen on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:03:00 PST

HEY! You wanna win a book?

Want to win a FREE copy of Devilish? Entering this contest is stupid kind of easy.Send an e-mail to [email protected] the word Devilish in the subject line. On or around October 31s...
Posted by Maureen on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:13:00 PST

Devilish Day

The day has arrived! It's Devilish day. For details on appearances and to learn how to win a FREE COPY, go over to my blog, where I actually update!
Posted by Maureen on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:10:00 PST

How to (not) write a book

As the countdown to the release of Devilish ticks on (8 days), I continue work on the new book, Girl At Sea. Or I spent a lot of time talking about the process of writing a book on my blog instead of ...
Posted by Maureen on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:59:00 PST