Return of the Gulls by Maureen McMahon

Maureen McMahon

      

Maureen was born and grew up in Michigan, USA. She earned an English Major with Creative Writing Emphasis and teacher certification from Western Michigan University. She has taught creative writing to both children and adults in the U.S and Australia, as well as online at Writer’s Online Workshops.

In 2001, she was recognized by WMU as one of eleven notable Alumni for achievements in creative writing for publications and teaching.

Interested in her mother’s country of birth, Maureen traveled to Australia where she met and married her husband. She now has two grown children and four grandchildren. She and her husband live on a country property near the sea where they own and breed Labrador retrievers, some for Seeing Eye Dogs Australia. Their kennel name is Jamareine Labradors.
Maureen has freelanced for various high profile magazines in Australia and the U.S., publishing non-fiction articles, short fiction (short stories) and artwork. She was a staff writer for Australian Runner Magazine for several years.

Maureen’s website, Moonspinners Writer’s Page, was voted one of the ‘101 Best Sites for Writers, 2006’ by Writer’s Digest Magazine for its dedication to assisting writers and specifically for her Ask the Experts facility.

Maureen writes erotic romances under the pseudonym, Ainsley Abbott.
Besides writing and working with Labradors,

Maureen enjoys playing a variety of musical instruments, creating artwork and crafts, photography, swimming, the sea, rip roaring thunderstorms, challenging games and good books.