Marianne Monson
Marianne Monson (1975) is an American author of women's history and children's books; and a teacher (currently at Clatsop Community College near her home in Astoria, Oregon).
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Born | 1975 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Occupation | Novelist, English Teacher |
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | Brigham Young University, Vermont College, Pacific University |
Genre | Children's literature, fantasy, LDS fiction, Women's History |
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She earned a BA in Honors English from BYU, a Masters in Creative Writing from Vermont College and a Masters in English pedagogy from Pacific University. Monson was Managing Editor at Beyond Words Publishing, where she edited a number of best-selling titles. She has also taught English and creative writing at Portland Community College and at BYU-Hawaii.[1] She has written and published several books for adults and children as well as historical articles in Rain Magazine, Coast Weekend,[2] Our Coast; she has also published in the Ensign and Friend LDS magazines (her faith).
Among the eleven books Monson has written and published are the "Enchanted Tunnels" series of children's fiction books[3] for LDS children and others, and "The Water is Wide"[4] (2010, Deseret Book) which concerned an ancestor who emigrated to Utah but did not join the LDS church.[5][6] In the "Enchanted Tunnels" children's books; "Pioneer Puzzle",[7] "Escape From Egypt", "Journey To Jerusalem", and "Wandering In The Wilderness" (all 2010 by Deseret Book); she uses the names of her two children (Nathan and Aria) for the protagonists' names. With Michelle Roehm McCann and David Hohn, Monson wrote "Finding Fairies: Secrets for Attracting Little People from Around the World" (2004, Whitecap Books, Limited), and edited the "Girls Know Best" series (1999, three volumes, Beyond Words Publishing).
Monson has also written women's history books, including nonfiction titles "Frontier Grit: the Unlikely True Stories of Pioneer Women" (2016)[8] and most recent book, "Women of the Blue & Gray: Mothers, Medics, Soldiers, Spies of the Civil War" (Shadow Mountain Press, 2018). Her historical fiction novel "Her Quiet Revolution: A Novel of Martha Hughes Cannon, Frontier Doctor and First Female State Senator" will be released in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of US women's suffrage (Shadow Mountain Press, 2020).[9]
References
- cover jacket blurb on Blue & Gray book
- https://issuu.com/eomediacc/docs/ocm_2019
- "Deseret Book". The Enchanted Tunnels, Book 2: Escape from Egypt. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- "The Mima Journals, Vol. 1: The Water is Wide". Deseret Book. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- "Fire and Ice Blog". Book Review: The Water is Wide by Marianne Monson. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- "cynsations blog". New Voice: Marianne Monson on The Water is Wide. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- "Amazon". Pioneer Puzzle. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- https://www.amazon.com/Frontier-Grit-Unlikely-Stories-Pioneer/dp/1629722278
- http://www.mariannemonson.com/books/