MARGUERITE BENJAMIN PARKER has taught composition and technical writing on the college level for over twelve years. Parker received both her BA (English/Creative Writing) and MA (Multicultural Literature) degrees from East Carolina University and has used her expertise in higher education as well as in the business sector as a freelance writer and business stationery designer.

Her work has been published in various industry magazines, including Gift Basket Review, once the premiere print publication for the gifting industry in which she has also worked as a small-business owner for over a decade.

Parker released a novella, A Debt Too Deep, in 2007 under her own imprint, Parker Bordeaux Press. A Debt Too Deep is a work of inspirational fiction that has received high praise from readers and genre critics. A sequel, Where Credit Is Due, is scheduled for release in Fall 2010.