Marilyn decided to become a writer when she read Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Her first short story was The Gold Lace Dress. She wrote her first book, East West Island, in grade school. It featured all of the children in her third-grade class and her teacher read it to the students in installments during class every day. She wrote and directed her first play at age 13, starring her brother and sisters and some of the neighborhood kids. The show raised money for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum.
Marilyn is a public relations consultant in Atlanta, a member of Georgia Romance Writers and Atlanta Writers Club. She was past chair and is a current member of the Roswell Reads steering committee and serves on the Atlanta Authors committee. She is a reviewer for The Book Review Crew and Authors on the Air. She writes in a variety of genres from humorous women’s fiction, historical romantic thrillers, romantic suspense, paranormal/fantasy and cozy mysteries. She loves to travel and often sets books in places she’s visited.
She was born in Miami, Florida, and graduated from The University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism (Public Relations) and a Minor in English (Creative Writing). Go Gators! She lives in Midtown Atlanta with her husband, and she spends a lot of time hovering over her two wonderful daughters and two granddaughters.
Listen to my author interview on Author Provocateur podcast HERE.