Maggie Barbieri schrijft meeslepende mysteryromans, die zich vaak afspelen in academische kringen. Haar schrijfstijl wordt gekenmerkt door een bekwame en geestige verteltrant die lezers in ingewikkelde plots trekt. Barbieri blinkt uit in het verkennen van de complexe motivaties die haar personages aansturen en toont daarbij scherp inzicht in de menselijke natuur. Haar werken staan bekend om hun slimme puzzeloplossende elementen en boeiende protagonisten.
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.