Marianne de Pierres

Marianne de Pierres is an Australian science fiction author. Marianne de Pierres was born in Western Australia and now lives in Queensland with her husband, three sons and two cockatoos. She has a BA in Film and Television and a Postgraduate Certificate of Arts in Writing, Editing and Publishing. Her passions are books, basketball and avocados. She has been actively involved in promoting Speculative Fiction in Australia and is the co-founder of t... more

Marianne de Pierres is an Australian science fiction author. Marianne de Pierres was born in Western Australia and now lives in Queensland with her husband, three sons and two cockatoos. She has a BA in Film and Television and a Postgraduate Certificate of Arts in Writing, Editing and Publishing. Her passions are books, basketball and avocados. She has been actively involved in promoting Speculative Fiction in Australia and is the co-founder of the Vision Writers Group, and ROR - wRiters On the Rise, a critiquing group for professional writers. She was also involved in the early planning stage of Clarion South. Marianne has published a variety of short fiction and is collaborating on a film project for Sydney-based Enchanter Productions. The greater body of her work has seen publication in the UK and Australia. In 2004, her series of novels with the protagonist Parrish Plessis, a postapocalyptic bodyguard and bounty hunter, was published in the United Kingdom through Orbit Books and... less