Marilee DahlmanMarilee was raised in a small Midwestern town and now she writes about invisible outsiders searching for where they belong. She's inspired by the women in her family-no-nonsense farmers and nurses who drive pickups, eat at McDonald's, and don't get kocked over by a forty-mile-per-hour wind or anything else that life hurls at them. Her writing tends to be quirky, a bit edgy, but always has plenty of heart. Marilee's short stories have been printed in numerous publications. Marilee currently lives in Washington, D.C., where she loves farmers markets and playing with her Persian cats. Read More Read Less