As a young girl, Mari & her mom traveled to Arizona because of
Mari's health and after several summers traveling back to Iowa, the
whole family eventually moved. After a number of years in the
Pacific Northwest, with 130+ inches of rain a year, Mari and her
husband moved to 29Palms, joining their daughter.
In this episode Mari talks about
her early writing in school and for the local newspaper in Audubon,
Iowa and how she ended up working for Nintendo. Mari also let's us
in on a bit of her writing process. Her science fiction books can
be found on Amazon, Kindle and at Space Cowboy Books in Joshua
Tree.
A member of the Desert Writers Guild of 29Palms, Mari also
writes for the Old Schoolhouse Journal, a publication of the Old
Schoolhouse Museum, where she also volunteers in the Library.