Brief Author Bio:

During Spring Break of the year 2007, working on the theory that most amazing things are accomplished by people who simply haven't been told they can't be done, Z.A. Maxfield informed her children it was the truest desire of her heart to become a writer. This may have been the result of boredom, or sunspot activity, or the earnest desire to function as some sort of role model for a change (as opposed to object lesson). It occurred to her that all those 'do your best' and 'try your hardest' and 'never too late' speeches would go better with a little active participation and the occasional visual aid. Since then, Ms. Maxfield has written several novels, Five of which have been contracted for publication, and two prize-winning short stories. Ms. Maxfield currently lives in Southern California with her husband and four children, where she regularly and faithfully allows herself to be distracted by life, as well as any other shiny thing she happens to see.