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MARCH 9, 2020
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As Luck
Would
Have It
An indie author’s
time in prison
launches his
writing career
BY MATIA MADRONA QUERYF
or many authors, a first book
is written in a cozy office
nook. For others, it’s written
during rush-hour commuter-train
trips or at the kitchen table after
the kids have gone to bed. Indie
author M.R. Mathias crafted his
debut fantasy novel in a decidedly
unusual place. “I wrote the
Wardstone Trilogy in a Texas
prison, where I was doing two
years for drug possession,” he
says. “I was a needle junkie.”