Maren Cooper grew up in the Midwest and now resides in Minnesota.  She currently serves as a volunteer for various non-profits after a long career as a health care leader. A life-long reader, once she discovered the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, she began taking classes and slowly unearthed the aspiring writer beneath. Her debut novel, A Better Next, was published in 2019 by She Writes Press, Finding Grace in July of 2022 and Behind the Lies in November, 2023.

She writes best on the North Shore of Lake Superior where she retreats frequently to hike, needlepoint and watch the deer devour her hostas.