Okay so I have a confession to make. And I feel pretty silly saying it's a confession, like it's some tawdry secret I should be ...
Hi, and welcome to my home on the internet!
My name is Maya Banks and I live in Texas with my husband and three children and our assortment of pets. I’m more of a cat person, but my daughter became convinced she NEEDED a dog. So convinced in fact that it became her mission to convince her father and me. She prepared a two page handwritten proposal that detailed WHY she needed a dog, and well, after I sent her to her father (I knew he wouldn’t tell her no) we embarked on the search for the perfect dog. The journey that was two hours away and that I got 
pulled over for speeding while I was on the phone with my agent who had an offer from a publisher for one of my books… The officer wasn’t impressed. He wrote me a ticket anyway. Thus, I now tell my daughter that her dog turned into one very expensive concession! But isn’t he cute?
When I’m not writing, I love to hunt and fish with my family. We all love the outdoors and go on family hunting trips every year. We also love to travel. One of our more recent trips was to Scotland, which was every bit as comical as National Lampoon’s European Vacation. You know the part about “Look kids, Big Ben, Parliament” as they went round and round the roundabouts? Yeah, that was us, only we couldn’t even get out of the airport in Glasgow without hitting three of those suckers.
Perhaps the most rewarding aspect of a writing career is getting to meet so many wonderful readers. There’s nothing better than dishing books with someone who loves the romance genre as much as I do. Romance readers are passionate and vocal. We love our books, love our happily ever afters, and we love to spend time talking to others about our favorites. THIS is why I love my job so much, and I’m so grateful to readers who gave ME a chance when I began my career. So thank you.
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Maya in Orlando at the 2010 RWA's "Readers for Life" Literacy Autographing.
Every summer Romance Writers of America puts on its annual "Readers for Life" booksigning benefit featuring hundreds of romance authors, all signing their latest titles. The event is free and open to the public. Every year the benefit raises thousands of dollars, with all proceeds from this gala event donated to literacy causes. For more information on this event, visit rwanational.org.
Maya with readers Tiffany and Greta at a Borders book signing, April 2010.
Maya with bookseller Mistie Maskil at a Borders book signing, April 2010.
