Martha lives in Maine and is the author of Dawn (Puckerbrush Press, 1989); Augusta, Gone (Simon & Schuster, 2001); Expecting to Fly (Simon & Schuster, 2004); Black Olives (Simon & Schuster, 2008); and Sunrise & the Real World (Islandport Press, November 2023). Augusta, Gone was adapted as an award-winning Lifetime production.