Maja Spencer

Maja Spencer (pronounced: Maya Spencer, Serbian spelling: Maja Spenser), author, was born in 1983 in Serbia, Southeastern Europe. She graduated from the University of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations (Belgrade) in 2005. As a student, Spencer was interested in the fields of security, propaganda and manipulation. After years of studying psychology, sociology and psychopathology, she started writing books. Spencer’s first book is a non-fiction book “Needless Thinking about Needs”, (Serbian:”Nepotrebna razmisljanja o potrebama”) published in 2012. Her second non-fiction book is “Humanoid” (published in 2014). The third book, “Something is Wrong” (2015) is a fiction book, written in English. In 2012, “Needless Thinking about Needs” received a lot of attention in the Balkans. In her work, Spencer conducts profound research and observes things from various angles (“I simply like to question everything.”) Her writing is concise, focused on verifiable and verified facts (“Misconceptions can lead to serious problems, even tragedies…”; “Once it develops, PTD – “Poor Thinking Disease” – is hard (in most cases impossible) to treat… but it can be prevented.”). Spencer plays the violin and the piano, and sings jazz, blues and rock. She is an Argentine Tango dancer and a free-dancer. She is also good at painting, drawing and design. Her hobbies include shooting firearms and sports. In 2018, she was honored by a prestigious monarc award Obaland Royal award for Best Inspiring author and best serbian singer of the year Award source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/946822/