Marjory Kaptanoglu

Marjory "Margie" Benedict Kaptanoglu (born September 1956) is an award-winning sci-fi / fantasy author who was an employee of Apple Computer.

Early life and education
Marjory Benedict was born to George W. Benedict III and Harriet Snow Benedict in. Marjory earned a B.A. in English from Stanford University, where she also studied computer programming. She married fellow student Sinan Kaptanoglu and had three children: Tanner, Alan, and Derek.

Apple Computer
In June 1986, Marjory joined Apple Computer, where she helped develop text editing software to be used by the Macintosh II. She was part of a development team photo that was stored in the ROM of the Macintosh SE; she was identified in the firmware as "MBK". She later joined a 3-person team that developed MacDraw II, which was published by Apple's Claris subsidiary. Marjory then joined the "Pink" project at the Apple Advanced Technology Group to begin development on what would become Taligent. She left Apple in October 1992.

After Apple
After leaving Apple, Marjory formed Captain's Software with her husband Sinan Kaptanoglu, where they co-developed Jigsaw Puzzle, which was bundled with System 7.5 to Mac OS 9.2.2. In 2003, Marjory resumed her writing career and was named the Literary Exhibitor of the Year by the at the 2019  Fair.