Marianne LaValle-Vincent is a native of Syracuse, New York and has been writing for many years. She has won numerous literary contests and has achieved publication in such magazines as "Italiana Americana", "The Birmingham Review", "Poetry Motel", "Falling Star". Her credits and awards also infiltrate the Internet on such web sites as "Real Eight View", "Ascent" and "Writers on Line". Her first collection of poetry entitled "American Lie " is available in bookstores throughout the country. " Coverings " (a chapbook) is now available through Foothills Publishing. Marianne's second full-length poetry collection "313's Child " was published in spring, 2005.

Besides poetry, many of her short stories have been published-most recently "Understanding Dad" in Chicken Soup for the Soul. Marianne has recently been awarded a grant through Hill House Writers in Nashville, TN. and is invited frequently to lecture at local universities and libraries. A first generation Italian-American, Marianne is an administrative RN who focuses on Marketing for a large medical imaging corporation. She still lives in Syracuse with her husband Tim, and daughter, Jess.