Using the
nom de plume M. K. Wren, her works included the
Conan Flagg Mystery series, the
Phoenix Legacy, a
space opera trilogy, and
A Gift Upon the Shore (1990), a post-apocalyptic novel.
Publishers Weekly in its review of
A Gift Upon the Shore described Wren's descriptions of "the subsistence-level daily life – the triumphs, the losses and the desperation" – as "compelling depictions." A
Los Angeles Times review called Wren’s writing of the same book as "clear and concise for the most part, though bordering on the mystic when it comes to her descriptions of the woods, and especially the ocean in its many moods." == Personal life ==