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Mari -J Carpenter

E-Mail Home Tel 520-241-3579 Address 11113 W. Fallen Willow Drive City/St/Zip Marana, AZ Web Site http://www.marijcarpenter.com Specialty contemporary YA fantasy, sci fi and paranormal

Bio and Works

Marija Carpenter by birth but answers to Mari J. The “j” is silent. The “J” is a courtesy from Slavic origins. The “J” makes a “Y” sound in the Macedonian Cyrillic letters alphabet.
Educational career at the University of Arizona. Completed 2 years and dropped to part-time school in order to return to the workforce. Transferred to complete her B.S. the University of Phoenix. Returned to the University of Phoenix to obtain a MBA. Married with two children.
Grew up in Michigan, in a small city called Utica, suburb of Detroit. Moved to Arizona after high school where she started college. Fell in love with the majestic mountains and ended up staying in Tucson permanently.
Work for Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona to support her hobby of writing. Other hobbies include reading, various styles of training in the martial arts and going to the park with her children and dogs. Love taking pictures on the spare time if not writing. Fluent in three languages. They are Macedonian, Serbian, and Bulgarian. Learned Russian in college but not as fluent.
Currently working on finding a litterary agent to publish my book.



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