Allison Maher

Allison Maher is a former marketing manager for a company that manufactures "spy gear" for police agencies around the world. She now lives on a fruit farm in the Annapolis Valley and has released her first novel, I, The Spy in April 2006. The second book in the series, With My Little Eye, is in the hands of the publisher and the third, Something That Is Red, is in the development stages.

When not farming or writing, Allison is engaged in public speaking and teaches writing classes for grades 3 to 12 and small adult groups. She has been nominated for the 2009 Red Cedar's Reader's Choice Award is on Canadian Geographic's Kayak Magazine Recommended Reading List.

Selected List of Publications

"Cup of Comfort for Military" Pocket Change (1,300 words), September 2008

"Cup of Comfort for Dog Lovers" The Tail of a Chesapeake (1,500 words), September 2007

"Cup of Comfort for Cat Lovers" Brotherly Love (1475 words), December 2007

"Cup of Comfort for Writers" About My Promise to My Mother (1,750 words), July 2007

I, The Spy. Thistledown Press, April 2006. ISBN 1-897235-04-6.

I, The Spy is the kind of book I wished I would have had as a kid. It's smart, it doesn't talk down to kids, it takes for granted that they'll "get it". It's loaded with tech and cool gear and resourceful, intrepid teens. The parents and other adults aren't the typical cardboard characters. It had action, suspense, brain teasers, and yes, you learn stuff as well. And on top of all that, Ms. Maher makes it fun. What more can you ask? -- Amazon.com review

"Which Came First, The Chicken or The Other Chicken." Our Canada, March/April 2005.

"Bacon, A True Story." Farm Focus, June 2004.

"Hot Dog." The Regional, May 2003.

You can send mail to Allison Maher
c/o Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia