Horror in Mt Horeb is the fourth of a series of books set in small towns in Wisconsin that she and her husband visited before his death in 2023. He was the impetus in encouraging her to write for publication. His own book, a series of meditations, was already in publication as Gifting Reflections. Margaret has been writing in numerous ways for a long time. She still has a collection of her early writings from her high school years as well as from her TCU honors English classes. Writing took a backseat when she decided to become a nurse and joined the US Navy during the Vietnam Conflict. During her three years of service, she taught corpsmen going to Vietnam and wrote classroom presentations. She gained her education to become a certified teacher graduating from UNT with her ATTD.

Since that time, she has written a variety of genres—classroom lesson plans both for University of North Texas as well as for the State of Texas. Health Science classes were her main focus. Being the wife of a minister and the moving that comes with ministry, she has enjoyed a variety of professional jobs—Lamaze teacher for Houston Organization for Psychoprophylaxis, teaching for a doctor in Denison, Texas, working as a nurse for Mental Health Mental Retardation of Texas, school nurse, and teaching Health Occupations for Abilene ISD. Along with all that she had a highly active role in her husbands ministry and rearing two great sons. Retirement happened just shortly before moving from Texas to Wisconsin. She now lives in a vibrant senior living facility in Madison, WI and has enjoyed getting back to writing mysteries.