Ann Marie is a professor, storyteller, and New Yorker currently living in Virginia. Her work has been featured in HuffPost, Medium, and 30Seconds. She is also the author of an award-winning children's book, Bucket Filling Fairy, inspired by one of the characters in her play Have You Filled a Bucket Today? The play has been produced at theatre companies and schools across the U.S. and internationally. Ann Marie is a member of Project Write Now and has been a Writer-in-Residence at the Pedlar River Institute's Sourwood Forest Artist Residency. She is currently working on a book and her second play (for grown-ups).