Susan Marie was born in Buffalo, New York to Irish and German parents, and immigrant grandparents. For 20 plus years, she worked in the medical, technical, and artistic fields while writing poetry and prose. Her first solitary volume, "knots" is available in Kindle, paperback, and hard cover. Ms. Marie is also a spoken word poet. Her second volume of poetry, "Shahada" is available in Kindle, paperback and soon, audio.
Book publishing credits include: "knots" [volume of poetry/prose] "Shahada [volume of poetry] and anthologies such as: "Trees of Surprise" "Poems of Inspiration and Faith" "Reflections on the Web" "Nickel City Nights" "Bare Bones Vol. 2" "A Celebration of Western New York Poets: Wheels of Transformation" "Voices from the Herd" "The Experience of Living and Dying" "Three Line Poetry Vols. 34 & 39."
Poetry Magazine Publications include: "Nomad Magazine" "Poet Tree Magazine" "Fiction365" "beatdog" "Harlem World NYC" "American Tolkien Society Vol. II. III. IV, Minis Tirith Evening Star" "Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting" "Global Voices/Rising Voices" "Poems and Poetry" "The Empathy Library" "kritya" "Black Elephant" and "Helen: A Literary Magazine."
Susan's writing has been translated to Dari, Spanish, Croatian and Hindi. Susan was invited to The Kritya International Poetry Festival in Chandigarh, India by Dr. Rati Saxena.