| Marianne's most recent fiction can be heard in the The Sounds of TallGrass (2007) first in a series of spoken word CDs with musical backgrounds composed and performed by Grammy contender Keenan Baxter and featuring award-winning authors reading selections from their work in the latest anthology published by Outrider Press. Marianne's award winning fiction appears in the acclaimed Black and White series published by Outrider Press, Inc.in affiliation with the TallGrass Writers Guild. Family Gatherings (2003), on holidays, weddings, and wakes anthology Things That Go Bump in the Night, the 2004 collection on The Supernatural Falling in Love Again (2005), the anthology on second chances at romance Vacations: the Good, the Bad & the Ugly (2006), the anthology on "Are we there yet?" A Walk Through My Garden (2007), the flower pots to grand landscapes anthology Wild Things (2008), dedicated to the wildness in all things bright and beautiful domestic and otherwise Fearsome Fascinations (2009), writings on bad boys, vamps, werewolves, and forbidden fruits of all kinds On May 17 2008, Marianne was honored at the Illinois Woman's Press Association Spring Awards Luncheon held at the Union League Club. She has been selected the 2008 Communicator of Achievement for IWPA. The award encompasses career success and service to both the community and to the Illinois Woman's Press Association / National Federation of Press Women. Also, Marianne's work was honored in 5 categories of the 2008 Mate E. Palmer Communications Contest. |
| photograph by:Chris Guillen |
| Marianne's latest short story, Bodacious has been published in WILD THINGS: DOMESTIC OR OTHERWISE. |
Read Unlocking History - The quest to retrieve a priceless memento launches one Kappa Kappa Gamma sister on a journey of discovery written by Marianne and featured in the current issue of the Illinois Wesleyan University Magazine at iwu.org http://www2.iwu.edu/iwunews/magazine/ |
