The books

“Richly atmospheric,” “sure-handed and page-turning,” with “her lexis as a poet” lending itself to her writing.

Novels

4 titles
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Between, Before and After

2019 · Blink / HarperCollins

Two timelines — 1950s California and 1918 New York — and a family secret that reaches across them. In hardcover, paperback, and audio.

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The Peculiars

2012 · Amulet / Abrams

A steampunk alternate history: a young woman the world would call a monster, journeying into the wild to find the father who left.

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Beyond the Door

2014 · Amulet / Abrams

Book one of the Time Out of Time duet — Celtic myth, shape-changers, and a hidden code. A Booklist Top Ten for Youth.

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The Telling Stone

2016 · Amulet / Abrams

The duet reaches its reckoning — and its close — as a Washington State Book Award finalist.

Big Ideas for Little Readers

2 series

Board books clear enough for a toddler and sly enough for the adult reading aloud — illustrated by Robin Rosenthal. Now with Penguin/Putnam. The questions we ask as children shape the adults we become. Start important conversations early about what it means to live well.

The Big Ideas for Little Philosophers board-book set

Big Ideas for Little Philosophers

A 6-book series · Penguin / Putnam

Written with philosopher Duane Armitage. One idea, one thinker at a time: Imagination with Descartes, Truth with Socrates, Love with Plato, Happiness with Aristotle, Equality with de Beauvoir, and Kindness with Confucius.

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Big Ideas for Little Environmentalists

A 4-book series · Penguin / Putnam

The natural world, in four lives: Conservation with Jane Goodall, Ecosystems with Rachel Carson, Restoration with Wangari Maathai, and Preservation with Aldo Leopold.

Poetry

Where the writing began

Poetry was Maureen’s first form, and she has never set it down.

Her poems appear in literary journals and anthologies — among them the Southern Review, Atlanta Review, Smartish Pace, and Relief: A Journal of Art and Faith. New work continues to appear.

Where to find them

Wherever you buy books

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