Bio
Laguna Beach 2025
Author
Mariana traded in the piano keys for the alphabet keys after working as a pianist/singer. Her adventures and misadventures are captured in four books. Love,Regret and Accidental Nudity: a collection of OMG moments sorted into six categories, was a finalist in the Humor Category of the 2014 International Book Awards.
Prior to this memoir, Mariana penned the Veronica Bennett Series of romance, comedy, and accidental crime: Happy New Year, Darling, The Valentine State--a finalist in the 2014 Chick Lit category of International Book Award, and Stars or Stripes 4th of July, which won a 2011 Indie Excellence Book Award.
"Writing a novel is like a chessboard. The board is the playing field/the setting. The characters can only do what they do; perhaps limited to only going a step at a time, like a pawn. Or swift and sneaky like the bishop-diagonally. All pieces are what they are, charming? All powerful? Slow? I never win at chess. However, I'm lucky and often fall into accidental crime."
All books are available on Amazon.
Storyteller
Mariana was a Moth Grand Slam finalist in the acclaimed story-telling competition held in Los Angeles, as well as appearing on the Moth stage in N.Y. She teaches storytelling workshops and is the Producer of Long Beach Searches for Greatest Storyteller (which just completed it's 14th season) and OC Searches for Greatest Storyteller (now beginning its 3rd season).
Mariana traded in the piano keys for the alphabet keys after working as a pianist/singer. Her adventures and misadventures are captured in four books. Love,Regret and Accidental Nudity: a collection of OMG moments sorted into six categories, was a finalist in the Humor Category of the 2014 International Book Awards.
Prior to this memoir, Mariana penned the Veronica Bennett Series of romance, comedy, and accidental crime: Happy New Year, Darling, The Valentine State--a finalist in the 2014 Chick Lit category of International Book Award, and Stars or Stripes 4th of July, which won a 2011 Indie Excellence Book Award.
"Writing a novel is like a chessboard. The board is the playing field/the setting. The characters can only do what they do; perhaps limited to only going a step at a time, like a pawn. Or swift and sneaky like the bishop-diagonally. All pieces are what they are, charming? All powerful? Slow? I never win at chess. However, I'm lucky and often fall into accidental crime."
All books are available on Amazon.
Storyteller
Mariana was a Moth Grand Slam finalist in the acclaimed story-telling competition held in Los Angeles, as well as appearing on the Moth stage in N.Y. She teaches storytelling workshops and is the Producer of Long Beach Searches for Greatest Storyteller (which just completed it's 14th season) and OC Searches for Greatest Storyteller (now beginning its 3rd season).
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Paul Williams' Phantom of the Paradise honored at the closing night of Cannes Film Festival, May 2025
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