Marianne D. Wallace

I'm a nature writer and illustrator although I've also been an elementary school science teacher, a writer for the US Forest Service, a veterinarian's assistant, and a tour guide at a botanic garden. In our backyard at the base of mountains near Los Angeles, we've had a bear asleep in our oak tree, deer eating our fallen apples, a hawk using the birdbath and squirrels fighting over who gets the most acorns. No wonder I write about nature. Did I mention I used to have a pet tarantula named Tilly?