Mari Anderson

Mari Anderson is a writer, graphic designer and illustrator. She sold her advertising and design company in the late 1990's to sail off with her husband to a remote island in the Bahamas, trading heels for sandals and nail polish for nails (and hammers).

She began writing many of the stories that now appear in Plunge: Crafting the Uncommon Midlife, soon after becoming a winter resident of Crooked Island.

Mari is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin. She is married to the author, Fritz Damler. Her son, Seth, and wife, Byung Yun, founded the DaVinci Learning Academy in Ansan, So. Korea.

In addition to teaching yoga and illustrating a collection of yoga pose inspired greeting cards (www.hatamari.com), Mari is currently at work on a new book.