marci stillerman

About Me

Life-long writer, insomniac, traveller, anxiety-prone worrier, insatiable questioner of the unanswerable question: why me? I've been seeking in dark places since I was 10, had my first poem published that year in Scholastic and have tried writing in every genre. Publication in children's magazines and anthologies,literary magazines, pulp magazines, on-line zines, other media-----and 3 books: NINE SPOONS, a holocaust picture book for all ages, SWIMMING LESSONS, a collection of short stories, SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED ON KENMORE, a cautionary tale for Young Adults (2009). Am at present experimenting with a Young Adult book in verse.

Member of Author's Guild, NLAPW,and SCBWI.

My current passion is the short short, especially flash fiction. I love the poetry of the US poet-laureat ,Kay Ryan and her advice to writers----the brave writer has the courage to leave spaces (not a quotation but the gist.

I hope to die, pen in hand.

Why do you write?

I write because I must and because I feel that what has to be said is ocean deep and sky high and can never all be said. I am fueled by injustice to people, animals, the earth, ideas. wars and bigotry and harm to the earth and neglect of the helpless sicken me.

My greatest regret is that I cannot do much change things. But I'll die raising my voice.

Any favorite authors? Books?

Ian McEwen, James Cunningham. Alice Munroe, Kay Ryan, ---my least favorite question because I have so many favorites and they are always changing and I find it almost impossible to answer this question.