MARIANNE K. MARTIN is the author of thirteen novels. She is a five-time Lambda Literary Award finalist and has won one Goldie and two Independent Publisher (IPPY) Awards. She has been honored with the GCLS Trailblazer Award and the Alice B. Medal and inducted into the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival Hall of Fame. Marianne is a retired teacher and coach and is a founding partner of Bywater Books. Her latest project is the documentary, In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction, chronicling the impact of lesbian fiction from the 1920s to 2000--the film was awarded the Publishing Triangle Leadership Award in 2020.