M E Beardsley is the pen name of Dr Margaret Beardsley, scientist, engineer, historian and esotericist.
Much of her engineering work involves the investigation of incidents on refineries, pipelines, ships and the like. Her activities take her into the courts on occasion, as an expert witness. That sparked her interest in the law, driving her back to school to take a law degree.
Her battles with the British Constitution rekindled her interest in history, though quite what led her to develop such a passion in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries is somewhat more obscure.
She has published numerous papers on engineering and esoteric subjects and is currently investigating the historical divergence and current convergence of the sibling fields of magic and science.