About Mari M. Bianco

Mari graduated from Boston College with a B.A. in English, Simmons University with M.A.'s in Teaching and Children’s Literature, and the Columbia Publishing Course. She worked in the Children's Books department of Houghton Mifflin, served on the board at the Delray Beach Public Library, and taught middle school English for over twenty years in the Boston and South Florida areas before following her dream to become a writer. Her poetry has been featured in the Journal of Expressive Writing, the One Page Poetry Anthology, and Chrysalism Press's upcoming Issue.One. Her latest piece, "inpatience," was shortlisted for the 2026 Minds Shine Bright Places Writing Competition. 

When she's not agonizing over pitching her first book, As Good As Bread, Mari coaches girls' varsity field hockey and lacrosse at Lincoln School in Providence, RI where she lives with three teenagers (a.k.a., her little shiitake mushrooms) and a New York Times crossword puzzle-obsessed husband.