Career
With the publication of her first novel, "Five-Star FLEECING" in December 2009, she was described as a "promising new star in the literary world" by the Queens Gazette on 6/2/2010. Mission Stone"s book is loosely based on true events through her occupation in one of Manhattan"s high-rise luxury hotels. Through her firsthand experience of the seedy, underhanded and often illegal activities, she exposed the realities of the hospitality industry, albeit with a humorous twist.
Many in the industry have self-identified with the characters in her book, and have lashed out at her in their paranoia.
Educated first in France (L"Universite de Poitiers en Louisiana Rochelle and Louisiana Sorbonne, Paris), she went on to earn a Bachelor from State University of New York at Stony Brook and an Master of Business Administration in international marketing at Pace University. Maura was a commercial banker who operated a cr/cr risk consulting company for over ten years with some of the top financial institutions as her clients.
During this time, she took a year off to work in the hospitality industry, the subject matter of her first book Mission Stone is also fluent in French.
She spent much of her childhood and adult summers with him at her family"s home in the Catskills, maintaining a close relationship with him until his death in 1980.
On 2/4/2010 Maura was one of the featured news stories and was interviewed by Brad Driver and Lisa G of the Howard Stern Show due to the many references in her book to Mr. Stern. (audio clip)
Since her first novel was released, Maura has been busy on her book tour and has continued writing. She forecasts her second literary contribution to be released during the first half of 2011.
