Margaret Pinard has spent her first few decades traveling the globe in search of adventures to incorporate into her writing, including living in the lands of the Celts, the cities of European fashion, and several dolce far niente Mediterranean cultures. Her favorite genre is historical fiction, and she especially delights in fiction that transports the reader to a different time and place. Her first novel is Memory's Hostage. Her second, Dulci's Legacy, grew out of her first NaNoWriMo attempt in 2012. She resides in Portland, OR.