Maggie MacKellar

Maggie MacKellar is a writer and speaker. Her bestselling book, When it Rains, is a memoir chronicling her journey through grief after her husband died tragically while suffering from a mental illness leaving her a single parent of their daughter and pregnant with their son. Shortly afterwards her mother was diagnosed with aggressive cancer and died quickly. When it Rains describes the redemptive process of her journey through grief that began with Maggie's decision to resign from her academic position at the University of Sydney and move to the country. Maggie's writing and speaking has helped many people come to terms with their own losses and she speaks with great hope about overcoming the unexpected in life. She has also published extensively on the histories of the frontiers of Australia & Canada. She is currently living with her two children on a farm on the east coast of Tasmania and writing full time.