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Marianne D. Wallace Natural Science Author and Illustrator Located
in Southern California's San Gabriel Valley.
Last Updated:
April 6, 2009
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Read an interview of Marianne in the
February 2004
newsletter of the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California
I am a writer and illustrator based in southern California. Most of my writing is about what I love: nature and the plants and animals that live among us. Ask me what I enjoy most about writing books and articles and I’ll tell you, “The research.” It’s then, at the beginning of a project, when every day holds the possibility of discovery, of adventure. I began writing so that I could share what I’d learned about common plants and animals and to encourage kids, their parents – and basically everyone – to look around. Never lose your sense of wonder or, if you have, get it back. Start small and close to home by watching birds in your neighborhood or looking under plants and rotting leaves in your garden or local park. Grow herbs, follow an ant trail, look along 
the muddy edge of lakes and streams for animal tracks.
If you like to draw, take a notebook or a journal with you and make sketches or take notes of what you see. Much of the artwork in my books began as simple drawings from alongside a trail or from scribbled descriptions of a plant or animal. I hope my work inspires you to step outside and find some adventures of your own. From the desk of Marianne -- click here |
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