Marni is the author of screenplays, stories, essays and poetry, in addition to two mystery series. Her creative nonfiction was most recently seen in the book of collected essays The Who, The What and the When; Southern Women’s Review; Fine Line Anthology; and Shelf Pleasures. Her poem about Amelia Earhart is part of an anthology of poems dedicated to the pilot that is on display in Earhart’s hometown museum.

 

Marni’s background as a registered nurse of thirty years always encompassed her love of writing. She was a feature writer for Nursing Spectrum for six years and editor of a nursing journal for three. Her favorite nursing position was as a medical consultant for television and

motion pictures, working on scripts from home and medical scenes on set in Manhattan.

 

Leaving nursing to pursue writing full time has taken Marni to study literature six times at the University of Iowa and one summer at Oxford University, as well as courses at New York University, Harvard, and Radcliffe. She has taught Creative Writing and Memoir in North

Carolina, and has done book reviews for Raleigh’s largest paper, The News and Observer.  Marni edits manuscripts, conducts writing workshops, and has twice been the recipient of month-long writing residencies at the Vermont Studio Center.

 

Marni grew up on Long Island in Floral Park, NY. Marni currently resides in rural North Carolina, and lives on the Pungo River, part of the coast’s Intracoastal Waterway, with her husband and two Aussiedoodles, Seamus and Fiona.