Margaret Larsen lives in Tempe Arizona .  She is the mother of two children and the grandmother of two, soon to be three granddaughters. The oldest of six children, she learned many of life’s lessons growing up on the farm. She helped care for her younger brothers and sisters (including several foster brothers and sisters), and did many chores, such as hoeing weeds, irrigating fields, and feeding and caring for the animals. Her parents taught love and caring along with honesty and a good, hard day's work. They also sacrificed a great deal to give her the wonderful experience of living with her grandmother in Holland for a year. That time taught her lessons no book learning could ever give.  

Margaret grew up with a passion for reading. If her mom couldn't find her to complete chores, she was tucked in a closet somewhere reading a book. Somewhere along the line, she began writing, and has won contests with her poetry.

During her high school years, Margaret entertained the family with violin practice at 5 a.m., accompanied by the dog's howling, the cat's yowling and the cow's mooing. She has taught music lessons, played in community orchestras, and written arrangements and obligatos for strings.

Margaret started her unofficial nursing career by bringing home birds that fell from their nests, and insisting on bottle feeding runt piglets the sow wanted to crush.  She obtained her degree in nursing from Yavapai Community College and a Bachelors in Health Care Management at the Tempe site for Ottawa University .  She has practiced nursing for over thirty years in four different states, in both rural and metropolitan settings. She uses her background in medicine in many things she writes.

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