Marianne Jones is a retired teacher, actor, and choir director from the wilds of Northwestern Ontario. Married, with two amazing daughters and three gorgeous granddaughters, she is the author of eight books and contributor to numerous magazines, newspapers and anthologies. Her work has won awards, and she was named International Christian Poet Laureate by Utmost Christian Writers. Although not all her words are carved in stone, three of her poems are, in permanent installation at Prince Arthur's Landing at Marina Park in Thunder Bay. Her novel "Maud and Me" won the Best Fiction award from The Word Guild in 2022.