Marcia Ferguson

Marcia Ferguson currently writes fiction that rides the line between literary fiction and contemporary women's fiction.

As a child, she loved listening to her mother read Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, and Little Women. When she was in 4th grade, she took up the Reading Aloud baton and happily read to younger students. She still remembers the library shelf beneath the classroom windows, and mounting the steps into the impressively cavernous BF Jones Memorial Library. The smell of books and the feel of well-worn marble beneath her feet were wondrous things.

A career in retailing and a love of books happily collided when she became store manager of a college bookstore. Textbooks, yes, but all those lovely children's, fiction, and cookbooks selected, shelved, and sent along to happy homes - bliss.

Not surprisingly, after a lifetime of reading, Marcia's active imagination and creative bent began carving out the detailed world of Bronwyn McCall and Ernest Rose. In her debut novel, North of Supposed to Be, north is not just a direction away from hopes and dreams, but also a place - Maine - where things do become how they're supposed to be.

When not writing, she's reading, going to the movies, and discovering new things - determined to find the brightness in each day. Although she enthusiastically embraces Pittsburgh (and it deserves every accolade), there's no place quite like Maine.

Visit her Pinterest boards to explore the real places and favorite things of North's characters - pinterest.com/mfergusonnorth. Marcia is also on Twitter, Marcia_Ferguson.

You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. (Eames, Inception)