Marina Brown

Marina Brown

Marina Brown is an award-winning author, poet, and journalist. Her debut novel, Land Without Mirrors, in 2013 won a Gold Medal from the Florida Authors and Writers Association. Her second novel, Lisbeth in 2015, also won the Gold Medal from the Florida Writers Association. A volume of poetry, The Leaf Does Not Believe It Will Fall, won a Silver Medal at the FAPA, and Brown was nominated for Poet Laureate of the State of Florida. Her next novel, The Orphan of Pitigliano, was awarded a Gold Medal and 2020 Book of the Year by the Florida Writer’s Association. The next year, a collection of short stories, When Women Danced With Trees, received the Gold Medal for Short Stories from the FWA. Another collection of short stories, The Gentlemen of Verona and a new book of poetry  Naked Thoughts, are available this year. Brown is also a painter, a cellist, a former professional ballet dancer, a blue-water sailor, and a traveler. She speaks French and Italian and lives in Tallahassee.