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Marianne de Pierres is the author of the multi award-nominated Parrish Plessis and Sentients of Orion series. The Parrish Plessis series has been translated into eight languages and adapted in a D20 Role Playing Game.
Her short fiction has appeared in various book anthologies and magazines. She has been an active supporter of Australian genre writing and was the co-founder of the VISION writers group, and ROR - wRiters On the Rise - a critiquing workshop for Australian professional genre writers. She has also worked as a writing mentor for the Queensland Writers Centre and Fantastic Queensland. Marianne is currently collaborating on a screenplay for Sydney-based, Enchanter Productions, called Stalking Daylight, while she completes books three and four in the Sentients series.
To learn more, please visit the authors website.