WATERVILLE -- A former journalist turned author is proving your instincts can be invaluable in any profession, as our station recently found out.

Former journalist and newspaper editor M aureen M illiken grew up in A ugusta, and although she hasn't worked in the newspaper industry in awhile, written words are still in her DNA.

"I'm a third generation newspaper editor," she said. "My dad was one and my grandfather was one. We talked newspapers and it seemed like a cool career, but i also wanted to be a mystery writer."

Milliken used her print background to create her protagonist B ernie O 'Dea , an inquisitive newspaper reporter in a fictional town in Franklin County.

"I wrote Cold Hard News in 2007 or 2008 when the industry started really going down. It was kind of a them

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