Wendy Hornsby (b. 1947) is the Edgar Award winning creator of the Maggie MacGowen series. A native of Southern California, she became interested in writing at a young age and first found professional success in fourth grade, when an essay about summer camp won a local contest. Her first novel, "No Harm", was published in 1987, but it wasn t until 1992 that Hornsby introduced her most famous character: Maggie MacGowen, documentarian and amateur sleuth.Hornsby has written seven MacGowen novels, most recently "The Paramour s Daughter" (2010), and the sprawling tales of murder and romance have won...