Marie Lawrence lives in Tucson, AZ with her family and two rescued dogs. She has been a musician, a teacher, and an award winning writer. Her interests include gardening, painting, and humanitarian causes.

She has enjoyed working with children in arts programs in schools to cultivate a love for poetry and language.  She believes that the arts not only enrich our lives but help nurture empathy in children, and help them become more aware of the choices that they can make in their lives. Her stories have a theme of the magic of being, to be happy with who you are, and that our dreams can come true if we believe in ourselves.

Her first book, "Lydia, The Story of How the Ladybug Earned Her Wings," is praised by both critics and readers alike as a wonderful book that helps build children's self-esteem as a little ladybug realizes the value that her own life holds. She's just written a second book as a sequel to her first, entitled "Lydia the Ladybug in Paris." Both books can be found at Amazon.com

She hopes that her books give children the message that they are special, and that they have unique talents and qualities to share with the world.