Marianne Monson

Marianne Monson (1975) is an American children's author. She is most well known for the Enchanted Tunnels^[1] series of fiction for LDS children, as well as books for a general audience.^[2]

She has a BA in Honors English from BYU, a Masters in Creative Writing from Vermont College and a Masters in English pedagogy from Pacific University. She worked as Managing Editor at Beyond Words Publishing, where she edited a number of best-selling titles. She has authored a number of books for children, articles in the Ensign and Friend LDS magazines, and teaches writing classes at Portland Community College.

She is the author of "The Water is Wide" ^[3] (2010, Deseret Book) which is based an ancestor; the central character emigrates to Utah though not joining the LDS church.^[4][5] In the "Enchanted Tunnels" children's books; "Pioneer Puzzle",^[6] "Escape From Egypt", "Journey To Jerusalem", and "Wandering In The Wilderness" (all 2010 by Deseret Book); she uses the names of her two children (Nathan and Aria) as the names of the protagonists. With Michelle Roehm McCann and David Hohn she wrote "Finding Fairies: Secrets for Attracting Little People from Around the World" (2004, Whitecap Books, Limited), and the "Girls Know Best" series (1999, three volumes, Beyond Words Publishing).

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