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'''Margaret Niamh Plumb''' (NEEV) was, in her day, [[Sunset Valley]]'s most renowned [[Writing (The Sims 3)|author]]. She was also one of the most prolific. She wrote a total of twenty-seven novels, mostly in the science-fiction and fantasy genres.

Though Margaret Plumb is associated with [[Sunset Valley]], where she built her career, she actually spent her early years in the bucolic farming community of [[Riverview]]. Born somewhere in England (the exact location is still disputed) to [[Fanon:Nigel Plumb|Nigel Plumb]] and his then-wife, Carolyn Amanda Finney, she emigrated as a young girl with her family. Since her parents were nearly complete polar opposites, they argued nearly daily, and often in front of her. In addition, since Carolyn never wanted a child to begin with, she treated Margaret quite poorly, a fact Margaret repeated in her unfinished autobiography. She seemed to find fault with the child constantly, teasing her for her red hair, glasses, and freckles. On the other side of the ledger, Nigel adored his daughter and showered her with gifts and affection. Margaret's life was not much better at school, either. She was bullied relentlessly because of her shyness, her red hair, and her family's poor economic status. She only had one friend at school -- ironically, it was [[Skip Broke]].

Margaret's writing career began to take off into her young adult years. She was able to quit her part-time job at the local bookstore, while at this time she was writing the series of books for which she is most famous, the six ''Moon Colony'' novels. In these books, the half-alien protagonist, Syna (pronounced like 'sheena') DeLorean, leads an expedition to found a colony on the moon. (As of this writing the first Moon Colony book is being optioned into a movie.) She also wrote a long fantasy series (6 books) about a mystical princess in a distant kingdom. She wrote most of her books under the pseudonyms ''Meg Plumb ''or ''Meg Finney ''(her mother's maiden name). When her father passed away, Margaret did not remain in the farmhouse, as he had hoped. Instead, with her earnings she purchased a house near the beach, on the cliffs of Sunset Valley. The only known romantic relationship in Margaret's life was a brief dalliance with [[Malcolm Landgraab]] when both were elders.

Margaret penned her most financially successful books during this time, as her skill level allowed her to write longer books in different genres. She dabbled in romance with ''The Scrapbook'', a novel she later said she "hated"; however, the money she earned from it made her financially secure for the first time in her life. With this newfound wealth she was able to purchase the bookstore at which she worked during her teens, and she also devoted herself fully to writing. She wrote and researched a history of her family, the Plumbs, through three generations in Sunset Valley; and finally she wrote a masterpiece novel, ''The Longest Shadow''. She began writing an autobiography but never completed it.  Margaret died in the bathroom of her brother's house, holding a book in her hand. She was 95 days old. In her will she surprised everyone by leaving her entire fortune to her half-brother [[Fanon:Nathan Jolina-Plumb|Nathan]]'s daughter, her then-teenaged niece, [[Fanon:Savannah Plumb|Savannah]], who later honored her by naming her first-born [[Fanon:Sage Cheesman|daughter]] after her. Two of her great-nieces, [[Fanon:Sierra Cheesman|Sierra]] and [[Fanon:Kaydence Westley-Plumb|Kaydence]], have followed behind her by publishing science fiction novels of their own.