Marguerite Benjamin Parker  was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and grew up in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, a small, uneventful town from which books became her escape. It was in middle school that she decided to become a writer, starting with poems, short stories, and plays to entertain her friends.

Before graduating from East Carolina University with degrees in Creative Writing and Multicultural Literature, Parker served as writer and news editor for The East Carolinian and was a regular contributor to Expressions magazine. Her work has been featured in Gift Basket Review, the leading trade magazine for the gifting industry. Parker operated a successful home-based and online gift basket business before redirecting her focus to writing.

Currently, Parker is an instructor and academic advisor at Pitt Community College. She penned A Debt Too Deep during days off, wee morning hours, and over brief weekend getaways as she balanced work and an active household. Along with the support of her family, Parker credits her active membership at Koinonia Christian Center Church for providing the stability that allows her to maintain her balance.

Parker believes that one's true identity and purpose is illuminated only after Salvation and that personal fulfillment is possible only through the consistent pursuit of Divine will. Accordingly, contemporary Christian fiction is her genre of choice. Although she has written poetry and short stories, her chosen method of expression is the novella. A Debt Too Deep is her first in publication. A sequel is planned for release in 2008. 

  Excerpts and more at:  www.adebt2deep.com  and