Marianne Hansen

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I am a humor writer, wife, mother of 3 and purchaser of shoes. I live in Montana with my family and dog princess Ginny. The Unscripted Life of Lizzy Dillinger is my first published novel.

I spent the first half of my life in Connecticut. In high school, I was uprooted from my home and moved to Utah. I have been trying to move back East ever since. I’m starting to think it will be just as easy to change that goal to move to the Far East.

I attended Brigham Young University and received a degree in English, realized I had no employable abilities and got an MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. The only full-time job I could get was in Yemen so I went to the University of Iowa law school. Now, I have a JD from U of Iowa, and an MA and a BA from BYU, but I'm still trying to convince my family I know what I'm talking about.

When not writing or watching bad television, I can be found answering the question: "What would happen if I..."