Marianne's word journey began when she was eight years old with a ghastly Enid Blyton rip-off entitled 'The Splendid Six'. Her sister solemnly typed it for her on an old typewriter and made word substitutions all the way through.

At twenty her boyfriend and to-be husband gave her Rendezvous with Rama, an Arthur C. Clarke novel to read. It opened a world of imagining that has seduced her ever since.

Science Fiction and writing didn't coalesce, however, until her third son was born. It wasn't that she had the time - more that she had the need. When her life was so very full of many things, it was missing 'the' thing.

Through the writing community she's made some of her closest friends, in particular, the ROR-ettes and the VISION writers group in Brisbane of which Rowena Cory Lindquist and herself are founding members.

Marianne lives in Brisbane, Queensland with her husband and three sons. She's been known to have nights out that make Parrish Plessis' social life look tame. Thankfully, these days, they are few and far between.

Marianne's own website is at http://www.mariannedepierres.com