Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It's our great pleasure to present Maxie Dara!
Writes:
An interconnected standalone series set in a world where death has been corporatized, and modern grim reapers work at a company called S.C.Y.T.H.E. (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences). My debut novel, A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer, introduces a messy reaper who has to solve the murder of an angsty teen client, and in my newest book, A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Cheating Death, you can hang with a very anxious administrative coordinator for death as she tries to save her obnoxious brother’s life.
About:
Hi! Small town Canadian transplant to Edinburgh, Scotland, here. When I’m not writing, you can catch me digging through charity shops for hidden gems, beachcombing for old pottery shards, or belly dancing on a broken foot (sorry to my physiotherapist). I also love to act and will never pass up a chance to see some live comedy. My favorite animal is all of them.
Swipe right if you:
• love to laugh
• are up for a road trip
• don’t mind messy family dynamics
• are open to being a fugitive from Death
• can handle the odd pun
• must love (or at least tolerate) parrots
What to expect if we're compatible:
• Endless dad jokes
• Chaotic Instagram/Threads presence
• Getting starstruck together over every dog we see
• Award-winning levels of executive dysfunction
• Long walks on the beach on a broken foot (sorry to my physiotherapist)
SCYTHE #2
When a determined killer targets her brother, a grim reaper risks everything to save him in this delightful cozy mystery.
Nora Bird works for S.C.Y.T.H.E., which might seem odd for someone as terrified of death as she is. But ever since her parents died in an accident when she was six, she's been obsessed with avoiding risk, and what better place to learn how to cheat death than the company that employs the nation's grim reapers?
The work enables Nora to learn all about the myriad ways you can kick the bucket, which is comforting...until one day, a file crosses her desk with a name she recognizes. Her twin brother’s.
The twins haven’t spoken in six months, but Charlie is all Nora has left. Completely against her cautious nature, Nora steals the file and flees, racing to her brother’s house. She begs him to trust her that his death is imminent, and they hit the road (with his parrot, Jessica, who has plenty to say) in an attempt to evade both death and S.C.Y.T.H.E., whose sole mission of collecting souls has been disrupted by Charlie’s continued existence.
Alas, every time Nora saves him, a new cause of death appears in his file. Someone is determined to take Charlie out, and Nora will have to use everything she's ever learned about death to discover the culprit.
Humor | Fantasy | Mystery Paranormal [ Berkley, On Sale: December 2, 2025, Trade Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780593815816 / eISBN: 9780593815823 ]
Maxie Dara is from a tiny, Hallmark movie-style town in Ontario, Canada where she works as a writer and actress, because rejection-heavy careers are her passion. She is also a two- time award- winning playwright. Maxie knew she wanted to be a writer at the age of seven, when she first fell in love with the written word. She also wanted to be a mermaid but has mostly focused on the writing side of things.
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