Marcia Ferguson

Marcia 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 learned to read, Marcia took up the Reading Aloud baton and happily read to younger elementary 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, the quiet, and the well-worn marble beneath her feet was intoxicating.

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

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 did become as they were truly meant to be.

Visit her pinterest boards to explore the real places and favorite things of the characters. www.pinterest.com/mfergusonnorth