Maryann LesertMaryann Lesert writes about people and the places they love, with the landscape as central as her strong women characters. Her first novel, Base Ten (Feminist Press, 2009) featured an astrophysicist's quest for self, aided by Lake Michian's forested dunes. Land Marks grew from two years of boots-on-well-sites research on fracking. Before novels, Maryann wrote plays, including three full-lengths, five one-acts, and collaborations with a memoirist and a local symphony. Maryann lives in west Michigan, where she teaches writing, enjoys time in the natural world (shared with family and friends), and writes by the big lake. Read More Read Less