Payback on Poplar Lane

About Margaret Mincks

Margaret Mincks grew up the second oldest of eight kids. When she wasn't swimming acting making up slightly disturbing songs or filming B-movie parodies with siblings and friends she was writing and illustrating stories. After graduating from the University of Virginia she moved to Chicago to perform improvisational comedy with the iO Theater. She later worked at Spider a literary magazine for six- to nine-year-olds as an editor. Margaret has also written for children's nonfiction series like Ripley's Believe It or Not. She now lives in Florida with her husband young daughter and her Staffordshire bull terrier named Reesie.