Marilyn Murray Willison

The former Health and Fitness Editor for the Los Angeles Times syndicate, MARILYN MURRAY WILLISON is an eight-time author and a respected international journalist who has contributed to over 25 publications in both the UK and the US. Her byline has appeared in The Sunday Times of London, The Daily Mail, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and many other publications. Marilyn’s column, POSITIVE AGING, was internationally syndicated. Her expertise ranges from book reviews, fashion trends, health, lifestyle, and travel articles to high-profile celebrity interviews.

In 1984, Marilyn was diagnosed with MS. One of every 350 Americans has this illness, so that is an all-too-common diagnosis. In Marilyn’s case, from the very beginning, she elected to forego traditional MS medication. Instead, five years ago, Marilyn chose an unconventional alternative — Bee Venom Therapy (BVT).

WHAT THE HONEYBEES TAUGHT ME: How 10,000 Stings Improved Both My MS and My Life, Marilyn’s health memoir and her most recent book, shares how Marilyn structured a meaningful and productive life with — rather than dominated by — multiple sclerosis, and the important lessons she learned from the remarkable honeybees.

Today, Marilyn lectures, writes non-fiction books, promotes her work, and edits manuscripts. She is known locally as “The Book Doctor.” With the help of others, Marilyn also runs three beehives and harvests honey in the backyard of her home in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Marilyn’s other books include Be Bold: Cultivating Health and Happiness for Older Adults; One Woman, Four Decades, Eight Wishes: A Journalist’s Memoir of Challenge, Change & Growth; The Self-Empowered Woman: 17 Characteristics of High Achievers; When Your Life Includes a Wheelchair; The Self-Confidence Trick; Time Enough for Love; and Diary of a Divorced Mother.