A rare breed, Maeghan Jo Kimball was born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia and then stayed in the area. Growing up, she spent summers in the mountains of Virginia and school years in Northern Virginia. Diagnosed as dyslexic at a young age, many people tried to dissuade her from her dream of becoming a novelist. This did not deter Maeghan, but made her declaration louder and prouder. The battle cry, "I will be a novelist," became a basic mantra of little Miss Maeghan. Recently, she has helped start The Feral Writers Club to help support and showcase independent writers and their works. With her most recent book, Beacon of Light, she steps out onto the fantasy stage for a book about mothers and daughters that just happens to have a dragon in it.