Maggie Shayne was born and raised in a rural area near Syracuse, New York.
14 Facts About Maggie Shayne
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Maggie Shayne's first attempt at a novel came when she was older, when she mentally wrote a story while trying to comfort a sick baby; the story envisioned was a romance due to her mood.
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Maggie Shayne soon transferred the story to a yellow pad.
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Maggie Shayne took a job watching a neighbor's horses so that she could earn the money to buy her first typewriter.
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Maggie Shayne soon finished three manuscripts, which she was unable to sell.
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Maggie Shayne has had over 70 novels published, including women's fiction, thrillers, romantic suspense, paranormal, and category romance.
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Maggie Shayne has published several non-fiction titles in the area of spiritual self-help.
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Maggie Shayne has written for five publishers including Avon Books, St Martin's Press, Penguin Putnam, Spilled Candy Books, and MIRA Books.
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Maggie Shayne worked as a writer for the soap operas Guiding Light and As the World Turns and considered accepting the position of co-head-writer before deciding to devote her time to her novels.
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Maggie Shayne's novels have appeared on the USA Today, Booksense and Waldenbooks bestseller lists, and Twilight Hunger reached Number 18 on the New York Times Bestseller List.
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On her thirteenth nomination for a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, Maggie Shayne won the award.
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Maggie Shayne has won three Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine.
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Maggie Shayne has interest in the culture and religion of ancient Sumer, and included some of her research in her novels, including Destiny.
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Maggie Shayne founded her own coven, the Hawks of RavenMyst, in a tradition, similar to a denomination, known as the RavenMyst Circle, that she helped found.