Born to parents who emigrated from Germany and only knew three words in English, Margarete started writing early in life perfecting English grammar. Some of the first stories she wrote were notes excusing her absence from gym class. Those believable tales spiraled her imagination into short stories she tapped out on an old Smith Corona typewriter. Having lived in Pennsylvania and Montana, she has chosen California as her home and resides near Palm Springs where anything under 80 degrees is sweater weather. She is an avid reader, occasional poet, and if there was a degree to be had for stage fright, she’d have a Master, but give her a keyboard or stubby pencil, and she’ll create a world.

Margarete is co-author with Elaine Braman. For more information about their collarboration visit Facebook: Coast2coastpenpals