K C Maguire is the pen-name of Jacqui Lipton who has a love for all things literary. She holds an M.F.A. from Vermont College of Fine Arts, as well as an LL.B. from the University of Melbourne, and an LL.M. and Ph.D. in intellectual property law from Cambridge University. She teaches law and writing and works as a freelance editor in her (free?) time. She is repped by Jane Dystel at Dystel Goderich and Bourret Literary Management.