Showing posts with label Tea and Imps. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Megan Mackie: Cooking the Books

Megan Mackie is a Chicago writer. She started her writing career as an indie author and had such smashing success in her first year with her inaugural book The Finder of the Lucky Devil, that she made the transition to traditional publishing. She has become a personality at many cons, recognizable by her iconic leather hat and engaging smile.

Tell us a bit about your most recent work. 

Currently I am writing the third in my Culinary Infernal series, Tea and Imps. The previous two books, Cookbooks and Demons & Baking and Angels are doing really well and gaining traction on booktok so I decided to get the third one written and out sooner. 

What are the themes and subjects you tend to revisit in your work? 

Redemption comes up for me a lot. Also, the importance of trauma recovery. I am also always looking to play with twisted fairy tales, like finding the different ways I can retell "Beauty and the Beast," which is my favorite fairytale.

What happened in your life that prompted you to become a writer? 

I was always a reader. I also wanted to be an actor, but once I became pregnant with my first child I took a pause on that and started writing plays. But I had a hard time selling my plays so I turned them into books and now they sell just fine. 

What inspires you to write? 

I have stories in my head that need to be told, and I get a lot of pleasure creating those scenarios on the digital page.