Margaret Heather Vickers was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, in 1962. After completing a Technical Certificate, she worked in industry for several years, before returning to university to study a Bachelor of Business, an MBA, and a PhD (with full scholarship). As Professor of Management, Margaret investigated life- and work-related trauma and adversity for workers faced with disability and chronic illness, bullying and violence, grief and loss, redundancy, or undertaking carer roles. Writing now as M.H.Vickers, Margaret draws on 25 years of witnessing trauma in organisational life. Margaret lives in Sydney and Older is her first novel.
A sociopath managing an aged care facility: What could go wrong?Precocious and pretty Maxine Gilbert is a clever and talented nine-year-old, adored by a doting father. She is also cruel, sadistic and without remorse, delighting in manipulating others and torturing small animals. When her mother is d...