Maighread MacKay is the pen name of Margaret Hefferman, a Canadian author and visual artist from Durham Region in Ontario. She is a member of the Writer's Community of Durham Region (WCDR), the VFA (Visionary Fiction Allicance) and SINC (Sisters in Crime) - Toronto Chapter.

Are there other dimensions or planes of existence? Are they inhabited? Do our parallel universes ever converge? Angels, Spirit Guides. Are they real? Can we communicate with them? What about other creatures, such as the Fae, Unicorns, or Dragons? Could they exist somewhere else? What happens when we die? Has the soul that inhabits our body been here before? Why would we come back? What about animals? What happens to them when they die?
These questions have led Maighread MacKay to study Christian Mysticism, Yogic Spirituality, Native Theology, Wicca, The Wheel of the Year, Celtic Shamanism, Quantum Physics, the Realm of the Fae and many other related topics.
Drawing on her studies, she weaves tales of Visionary Fiction for both children and adults. She hopes all readers - whether nine or ninety - will enjoy sharing her ideas for alternate paradigms about life and the after-life experience.