Meet Maggie
Maggie the mail carrier is based on the true events of rural mail carrier Susan Sanchez. I have been a carrier for 38 years and love my job and my customers. One day while delivering the route, I found a mouse in a big old rusty mailbox on Meehan Drive. As I pulled away that day, I thought to myself, “Mouse on Meehan, that sounds like a children’s book”. I thought about it for a few weeks and one Sunday afternoon, sat down and wrote three stories in about 2 hours, based on things that happened over the years. Originally, my main character Maggie was Marvin. When I took my stories to be edited, my editor said, “We have to stop those stereo types. Make it Marvina! She was right. All these experiences happened to me, a female. It had to be a woman telling these stories. So Maggie the Mail Carrier was created. I hope you enjoy the stories as much as I do.