Career
Her first published story was published as a Twilight Zone first under a male pseudonym in 1988, followed quickly by a pair of publications under her own name in Isaac Asimov"s Science Fiction Magazine in 1989. Since then, she has written four novels and over twenty short stories. McHugh"s short story collection Mothers and Other Monsters was shortlisted as a finalist for the Story Prize in December, 2005.
Prior to founding Number Mimes, Maureen worked for 42 Entertainment, where she was a Writer and/or Managing Editor for numerous Alternate Reality Game projects, including Year Zero and I Love Bees.
"Kites" (1989) "Baffin Island" (1989) "The Queen of Marincite" (1990) "Render unto Caesar" (1992) "Protection" (1992) "The Missionary"s Child" (1992) "The Beast" (1992) "Tut"s Wife" (1993) "A Foreigner"s Christmas in China" (1993) "Whispers" (1993) "A Coney Island of the Mind" (1993) "Virtual Love" (1994) "Nekropolis" (1994) "The Ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela" (1994) "Joss" (1995) "In the Air" (1995) "Learning to Breathe" (1995) "Homesick" (1996) "The Cost to Be Wise" (1996) "Interview: On Any Given Day" (2001) "Presence" (2002) "Ancestor Money" (2003) "Eight-Legged Story" (2003) "Frankenstein"s Daughter" (2003) Year Zero: Writer (2007) Last Call Poker: Writer and Managing Editor (2005) I Love Bees: Writer and Managing Editor (2004).