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.
Learn
more about Margaret's books here
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