Marianne Monson facts for kids

Marianne Monson (born in 1975) is an American author and teacher. She writes books for children and adults, often focusing on stories about women in history. She also teaches English at Clatsop Community College in Astoria, Oregon. Marianne Monson also started a group called The Writer's Guild, which helps writers.

Education and Career

Marianne Monson studied English at several universities. She earned a degree from Brigham Young University (BYU). She also received master's degrees from Vermont College and Pacific University.

Before becoming a full-time author, Monson worked as an editor. She was a Managing Editor at Beyond Words Publishing. There, she helped edit many popular books. She has also taught English and creative writing at different colleges, including Portland Community College and BYU-Hawaii.

Books for Young Readers

Marianne Monson has written many books, including several for children. One of her well-known series is the Enchanted Tunnels books. These fantasy stories are for children, especially those who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).

The Enchanted Tunnels series includes titles like:

• Pioneer Puzzle
• Escape From Egypt
• Journey To Jerusalem
• Wandering In The Wilderness

In these books, Monson used the names of her own children, Nathan and Aria, for the main characters. All these books were published in 2010 by Deseret Book.

She also co-wrote Finding Fairies: Secrets for Attracting Little People from Around the World in 2004. This book explores different fairy tales and folklore. Monson also helped edit the Girls Know Best series, which came out in 1999.

Stories of Brave Women

Marianne Monson is also famous for her books about women's history. These books tell the true stories of strong and brave women from the past.

Some of her non-fiction history books include:

• Frontier Grit: the Unlikely True Stories of Pioneer Women (published in 2016)
• Women of the Blue & Gray: Mothers, Medics, Soldiers, Spies of the Civil War (published in 2018)

She has also written historical fiction novels. Her book Her Quiet Revolution (released in 2020) tells the story of Martha Hughes Cannon. Martha Hughes Cannon was a frontier doctor and the first female state senator in the United States. This book was published to celebrate 100 years of women being able to vote in the U.S. Monson's most recent novel, The Opera Sisters, was published in 2022.