Maggi Andersen lives in the countryside outside Sydney. She writes romantic suspense, historical romance and young adult novels. The writers that captivated her as a child were Enid Blyton's books, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan. As a teenager, it was Georgette Heyer, Agatha Christie, and all her father's favorite thrillers. Today, its thrillers and crime: Harlan Coben,  Nicci French, Henning Mankell, Le Carre, Minette Walters, Sue Grafton, Elizabeth George, Eloisa James and some great Regency writers too numerous to name.