BIO

Marianne Mersereau is an award-winning poet, writer, dancer and mystic who grew up in the Southern Highlands of Appalachia and now resides in the Pacific Northwest. She is the author of In the Grip of Grace (Finishing Line Press, 2024), the chapbook, Timbrel, also from Finishing Line Press and The Green Lake Gifting Game, a children's picture book. Her individual poems and prose pieces have appeared in The Seattle Times, Bella Grace, Entropy, The Hollins Critic, Still Point Arts Quarterly, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, Deep South Magazine, The Remington Review, Seattle's Poetry on Buses and elsewhere, including numerous anthologies. ​
Marianne's love of flowers, bees and the natural world earned her the nickname, Wild Honey. She enjoys travel, gardening, floral design and tree hugging. She is the proud mother of two children and has enjoyed the companionship of husband, Dave, for over 35 years.
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Marianne holds degrees in education from the University of Virginia at Wise (BA) and Seattle University (MA). She spent a decade working as an elementary school teacher. (Photo Credit: Jean Kercheval)
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