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Marilyn is a Luso-Canadian writer. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Tampa and is currently a Creative Nonfiction Contributing Editor at Barren Magazine and an Assistant Creative Nonfiction Editor at Pithead Chapel. Originally from Toronto, she now divides her time between Canada and Portugal.
Marilyn is an Ontario and New York State certified teacher (Grades 7-12) and is available to teach creative non-fiction and memoir writing, specializing in craft talks and workshops on Hermit Crab essays, Flash Fiction and Non-Fiction, and Lyric Essays.