Marilee Dahlman

Marilee was raised in a small midwestern town, and now she writes about invisible outsiders searching for where they belong. She’s inspired by the women in her family: no-nonsense farmers and nurses who drive pickups, eat at McDonald’s and don’t get knocked over by a 40-mile hour wind or anything else that life hurls at them.

Her writing tends to be quirky with plenty of heart. Marilee’s short stories have been published in The Bitter Oleander, The Colored Lens, Cleaver, Molotov Cocktail, Mystery Weekly, Orca Literary Journal, and elsewhere.

Marilee lives in Washington, DC. She loves farmers' markets and playing with her Persian cats.