Guyanese-born Maureen Marks-Mendonca started storytelling in the schoolyard at age 9. As a diplomat, and economist, she worked and travelled in Asia, Europe, North America, and the Caribbean; and has been published in government and business publications. Maureen now lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband. Her volunteer work with young people stirred the fires of fiction again and in the world between dreams and visions, Alex Springfeather was there, waiting. Legend of the Swan Children is her first novel.