Maggie Barbieri crea avvincenti romanzi gialli, spesso ambientati in contesti accademici. La sua scrittura è caratterizzata da una narrazione abile e arguta che attira i lettori in trame intricate. Barbieri eccelle nell'esplorare le complesse motivazioni che guidano i suoi personaggi, rivelando un acuto intuito sulla natura umana. Le sue opere sono note per i loro intelligenti elementi di risoluzione di enigmi e i loro protagonisti accattivanti.
When Sean Donovan, a pillar of the Farringville, N.Y., community, is brutally murdered, his cousin Maeve Conlon, an overworked baker and divorced mother of two, finds herself dragged into the investigation after the police begin to suspect her father, Jack Conlon, of committing the crime.
Maggie Barbieri [also writing as Maggie McConnon] is the author of the Murder 101 series, which is comprised of Murder 101 (2006); Extracurricular Activities (2007), Quick Study (2008), Final Exam (2009) and Third Degree (due November 2010.) She lives in the New York metro area/Hudson Valley with her husband, and two children. By day she's a writer and editor of college textbooks. She is currently at work on the sixth book in the series, still untitled.