About Marilee Brothers
I've been in love with the written word since the age of four when I sat on my mother's lap, scanning the newspaper for the simple words she'd taught me. One of my first memories is of visiting the public library and returning with an armload of books. Even now, you can find me standing over the stove, stirring spaghetti sauce with one hand, an open book in the other. Early on, I began to create my own stories. Elaborate fantasies with a full cast of characters played out in my mind. I made people fall in love, killed off a few and continued to tweak plots vowing, some day, I would write a book. Some day...  Here's what happened: Married at nineteen, I was the mother of two by age twenty-one. I returned to college to get my bachelor's degree and began to work full time. At age thirty-one (and eight months pregnant) I took the written and oral examinations for my masters in education and taught until two weeks before my third son was born. After his birth, I continued to teach and coach, eventually returning to college to earn an advanced degree in counseling. I began working at a wonderful alternative school for teens who, for a variety of reasons, were unable to function at a traditional school. My stories, however, remained unwritten. The years whizzed by. My sons are now grown with families of their own, my career in public education is over and I can write full time. No more excuses. "Some day" is now. With the support of my husband and an eighty-five pound black Labrador Retriever sleeping on my feet, I've now completed two books. I hope you enjoy them!   Above: Marilee Brothers' support staff... husband Merl and Labrador Retriever, Mauli
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