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Name: Marie Parks (pronounced ma-REE PARKS)

Pronouns: she/her

Bio (150 words)

Marie Parks (she/her) is an award-winning LGBTQIA+ fantasy author and founder of Sandia Starforgers writing retreats for speculative fiction writers.

She coauthored The Grigori Cycle with Jes Honard, including Unrelenting (April 2022) and Undeniable (October 2025) from Not a Pipe Publishing. Unrelenting won the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards for best LGBTQ book and was a finalist in the categories of Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy and First Book NM.

Marie was a finalist for the Futurescapes Award for Most Promising New Author for her fantasy heist, Flightless (Shadow Dragon Press, 2026). Additionally, she is a New Mexico Writers Annual Grant recipient and was a finalist for the Book Pipeline Unpublished Contest – Sci-Fi/Fantasy.

Marie lives in New Mexico with her dogs, where she loves to camp, hike, and eat green chile.

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Bluesky: @marieparks.bsky.social
Instagram: @themarieparks
Facebook: Marie Parks, Author
Patreon: patreon.com/JessiAndMarie
Website: marieparks.com