Marianne is the award-winning author of 8 books, including her most recent literary novel, Maud and Me (Crossfield, 2021). Her poetry has appeared in Resistance, (University of Regina Press,), Writing Menopause, (Inanna Publications), All We Can Hold (Sage Hill Press) and Indra`s Net (Bennison Books), as well as Wascana Review, Room, Prairie Journal and others.  Her work has won awards from The Word Guild, Writer`s Digest, The Canadian Authors Association and the Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop. She lives with her husband Reg in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Together they have two daughters and two granddaughters.