Marie is a content British transplant living in California. Throughout her life she has appreciated all aspects of the arts, along with a profound respect for the natural world. She endeavors to show within her short stories the extraordinary in the ordinary through her fascination with the everyday marvels of life around her. Marie grew up in a large noisy family in cosmopolitan London which brought exposure to the complexities of a mixed social-economic and ethnic world. The experience taught her empathy and a deep respect for all who struggle for a better tomorrow. She uses the "sensitive writer" in her to pen "Storm Sparrows", her second book. The theme of this novel centers on the idea that redemption is reachable because "love and forgiveness heals even the deepest wounds".