Maggie Herskowitz
Artist + Scientist
Maggie has worked professionally as a musical theater lyricist & librettist, video game dev, playwright, novelist, actress, singer, creature design illustrator, and holds an MSc in International Animal Welfare, Ethics, & Law. She has yet to decide what she wants to be when she grows up, but she will keep you updated.
FALL 2026 NEWS
OWL'S WELL THAT BEARS WELL - Bard & Bestiary Book I
Maggie's debut novel, Owl's Well That Bears Well releases on September 29, 2026 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon Kindle and will be available to order in paperback SOON, right here and wherever books are sold! Subscribe to her author newsletter HERE to stay up to date on Owl's Well news and future releases in the Bard & Bestiary series! I'll sell signed paperback books with special goodies here on my website, so stay tuned!
Overachieving intellectual Helena de Narbon is 75% human, 25% fairy, and 100% anxiety. A recent med school graduate, she has long abandoned her dream of working with magical creatures—until her former mentor invites her to join a study on owl-bears.
Compassionate researcher Bertram is eager to join his famous scientist mother in the field... right up until he learns that her newest PhD student is the ex-girlfriend who broke his heart. His plan to stay away from Helena is aggressively interrupted by the appearance of an orphaned owl-bear that the two of them must raise.
As the baby owl-bear threatens to tear their study (and tents) apart, Bertram and Helena find themselves drawn back together in this cozy, comedic, contemporary romantasy adaptation of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well.
NEW LIFE ANIMAL SANCTUARY
LAB-USED PIG RESCUE
A board member of and long-time writer for New Life Animal Sanctuary, Maggie helped coordinate and document the rescue and rehoming of 14 young Yucatan pigs in a cross-country rescue involving over half a dozen animal sanctuaries in five states! All pigs are now safely in their new homes where they will be given the love and kindness they deserve. Thanks to all the NLAS team and partner sanctuaries and donors who made this happen!
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