W Caine MaherW. Caine Maher is the proud husband of Colleen and the father of two girls, Sophie and Lucy. He served as a firefighter and EMT for the Philadelphia Fire Department for eighteen years. He coached girls' varsity soccer while being a high school teache in Philadelphia for five years. Maher was inspired to write Lucinda the Brave by his own talented daughter, Lucy, and her desire to stay out of the spotlight when she was young. Now, however, Lucy has overcome her fears and come out of her shell-she even played the starring role in her school's production of Beauty and the Beast. Read More Read Less