After graduating, she worked as a portrait artist, specializing in equestrian art. By the time she had entered college, she had already written over 30 novels, including four thrillers about the Irish Republican Army, a historical blockade runner novel, and a high-fantasy novel about 'impassioned enchanters fighting among civil unrest.' At 16, she legally changed her first name from Heidi to Margaret. After being home-schooled from sixth grade on, Stiefvater attended Mary Washington College, graduating with a B.A.

By age 16, she was submitting manuscripts to publishers.

She described herself as an 'anxious child with many phobias.' As a child, she wanted to be a fighter pilot and race-car driver and was a voracious reader who enjoyed writing. Stiefvater was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

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