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In a career that’s included work as a journalist, a psychologist, and the founder of a national art consulting company, Maggie Smith added novelist to her resume with the publication of her debut, Truth and Other Lies, a women’s fiction novel set in Chicago and released in March 2022 by Ten16 Press. It won NIEA’s Juror Grand Prize, the Star Award for Debut Fiction from Women’s Fiction Writers Association, Foreword INDIES Gold Metal for General Fiction, and was selected for the Women’s Book Association Great Group Reads. Her second novel, a psychological suspense called Blindspot, releases in May 2024.

In addition to her writing, Maggie hosts the weekly podcast Hear Us Roar (225+ episodes), blogs monthly for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and
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Maggie Smith My sister cut off all contact with my family for fifteen years. I've always wondered what happened to her during that time and why my mother didn't hi…moreMy sister cut off all contact with my family for fifteen years. I've always wondered what happened to her during that time and why my mother didn't hire someone to track her down.(less)
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Maggie Smith TRUTH AND OTHER LIES is a work of adult fiction set in 2018 in Chicago. The following are mild but non-specific spoilers. Some contain more specific r…moreTRUTH AND OTHER LIES is a work of adult fiction set in 2018 in Chicago. The following are mild but non-specific spoilers. Some contain more specific references but should not impact your reading experience. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or concerns.

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From Subtle Unease to Heart-Pounding Thrills: The Use of Tension in Fiction

For my second novel, Blindspot by Maggie Smith Blindspot, I ventured into a new genre, that of psychological suspense. It’s the type of book I gravitate to as a reader and I’m a long-term fan of anything in the mystery realm (I devoured the entire Agatha Christie oeuvre when I was sixteen) How hard could it be? Insert hubris emoji here.

What I quickly discovered is that every chapter—make that every scene—has to employ Read more of this blog post »
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