Joan Wright Mularz was born into a large family on an island in the middle of New York Harbor. It's where she read her first mystery and learned to love reading, writing and drawing. Since then, she has lived in three countries and has traveled to five continents. Her experiences as a traveler, parent and a teacher, made her want to write for young people. She loves learning languages and exploring new places but she and her husband love having New England as a home base. More than 30 years ago, they were drawn to the beauty of the Rangeley Lakes region of Maine and built a home there with their own labor and the help of family and friends. The fact that the area is dotted with Abenaki place names, but few if any Abenaki residents, gave Joan the germ of an idea for the third E.T. Madigan Mystery-MAINE ROOTS RUN DEEP. Joan has also written short stories, curriculums and educational grants.
