Mari Dietz

Mari Dietz wrote her first poem about crickets when she didn’t even know how to write. Her mom typed it up for her on an old typewriter. From then on, she was a goner to the written word. Over the years, she fell in love with the world of fantasy and thought maybe one day she could write something too. She took a few side roads and got a major in Theater and English. Then she somehow ended up teaching in South Korea for three years. Now back in the middle of nowhere, she teaches Creative Writing and writes her own books in her “spare time,” when not distracted by lesson plans, anime, or K-dramas. Four rescue dogs give her the privilege of living with them, and they keep her sane-ish.