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Marnie Woodrow is the author of two short story collections, Why We Close Our Eyes When We Kiss and In the Spice House, and a novel, Spelling Mississippi. Short fiction, essays, poems, travel and humour pieces have appeared in The Globe and Mail, The National Post, Toronto Life, NOW Magazine, XTRA, CV2, Canadian Forum and numerous other publications.
Before leaving Toronto, she taught at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies and there won the teaching prize in the Arts department, and also taught creative writing online and "live" through The WordLounge. She currently resides in beautiful Prince Edward County, where, among other things, she's operating a funky little Milford-based coffee and cookie joint called The Gingerbread House.