About
Writers seldom work without a support team. I’m very lucky to have three funny, smart and talented young women who call themselves my ’staff’. So meet the girls who help me make three websites and writing in three different genres work smoothly.
The Author
Marianne Delacourt is the alter ego of internationally published SF writer Marianne de Pierres.
Marianne Delacourt is the lighter, funnier naughtier side of Marianne de Pierres who is renowned for the dark satire in her SF writing.
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Photo courtesy of Beth Carter Photography
Hair by Larissa at Exclusive Hair Studio
The Newsletter Editor
Belinda Hamilton grew up in Caboolture and moved to Brisbane a decade or so ago. She has the fortunate task of putting together theMDP’s Newsletter 6 times a year. Belinda loves to read, write, make jewelery, bushwalk, try her hand at photography and spends a few hours a week volunteering for charity. She also attends monthly meetings for the writing/ critique group Marianne was co-founder of; Vision Writers.
Her favourite authors include Marianne de Pierres, Kylie Chan, Yasmien Galenorn, Jacqueline Carey, MaryJanice Davidson, Charlaine Harris, Michelle Belanger, Anne Bishop, Anne Rice, Laurell K Hamilton, Kim Harrison, Keri Arthur, and Sherrilyn Kenyon.
The Forum Manager
Amy Parker lives in Manchester, England, and has been managing Marianne’s official forum since she created it in 2004. Her first Marianne de Pierres novel was Nylon Angel, and ever since Marianne found the LiveJournal community she set up to locate other Parrish fans, Amy’s been bugging her to write faster!
She has a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Leeds, and plans to follow up with a Masters in publishing at some point in the future. She currently works in internet marketing and search engine optimisation, and moonlights as a proofreader/copy editor. In her free time, she reads; writes short stories and longer fan fictions; and plays videogames. She can usually be found fangirling in various corners of the internet, and on the rare occasions she doesn’t have a laptop on her knee, she loves to curl up with her housemate, cat and two hamsters, and scare herself to death with Asian horror movies.
Her favourite authors include Marianne de Pierres, Kelley Armstrong, Karin Slaughter, Jacqueline Carey, Tess Gerritsen, Trudi Canavan and Tamora Pierce.
The Burn Bright Site Manager
Bec Stafford grew up in Brisbane. She has a B.Ed and an M.Litt (Visual Arts) and is completing her MA (Writing, Editing, and Publishing) at the University of Queensland. Currently working as a freelance editor and research assistant, she likes to read, write, draw, visit art galleries, and see live music and theatre. Currently she is managing Marianne’s Young Adult website.
Her favourite authors include Marianne de Pierres, Kim Wilkins, Dorothy Parker, Jack Kerouac, David Sedaris, Lynda Barry, Roy Porter, PG Wodehouse, Robert Hughes, Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuk, Alice Munro, and David Lodge.
Her favourite YA authors are Isobelle Carmody, Melina Marchetta, Richard Harland, Sonya Hartnett, Garth Nix, John Marsden, and Gretel Killeen. She’s also a fan of comics and graphic novels, including Maus, Y: The Last Man, Fun Home, Watchmen, Jack of Fables, Tank Girl, Sin City, Bone, and anything by Neil Gaiman.
