Marla Shin

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About me

Gender Female
Occupation Librarian and indie author
Location Albuquerque, NM, United States
Introduction Born and raised in Kansas, then moved to the southwest for the sane weather and lack of tornadoes. Librarian for over 20 years. Married in 2005 for the first and only time to a sweet funny man from South Korea who passed away in 2015. Always wrote stories, tried to get published traditionally until recently when I decided to become an indie author. Contact me at marlashin2053@gmail.com or visit my webpage marlashin.com and comment there.
Interests Writing, science fiction, fantasy, mythology, archaeology, earth sciences, knitting, painting, history, movies, cats, zoology, gardening, urban farming, geology, paleontology, computer games, music, crafting
Favorite Movies Star Wars sextet, Romancing the Stone, anything with Jackie Chan, Die Hard series, The African Queen, Blazing Saddles, Airplane, Young Frankenstein, Deadpool.
Favorite Music Rock or classical, including Beatles, Stones, Who, Heart, Pat Benatar, Berlin, Melissa Etheridge, Beethoven, Verdi's Four Seasons, Holst's Planets Suite, Journey, Triumph, Scorpions, Mozart, Pink, Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert.
Favorite Books Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, Anne McCaffrey's Pern books, Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan series, Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy, Tacy and Tib series, Jane Austen's novels, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Frankenstein, Dracula, A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, the All-of-a-Kind Family series.