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Maggie Furey (née Armstrong) was a British fantasy writer who was born in Northumberland, England, UK in 1955. A qualified teacher, she wrote fantasy since 1994, and is best known for the Artefacts of Power tetralogy. A resident in County Wicklow in Ireland for many years, she died there in 2016.

Furey was a qualified teacher. She also reviewed books on BBC Radio Newcastle, was an advisor in the Durham Reading Resources Centre, and organized children's book fairs. In later life, she lived in County Wicklow in Ireland.

She died in 2016 and, after a funeral in the town of Wicklow, was cremated at Mount Jerome Cemetery.

She is best known for the Artefacts of Power tetralogy, which is centred on the lead character (and first novel namesake) Aurian, published as paperback originals in the United States and UK, as well as translated hard-covers in Russia.