Marianne de Pierres is an author who has written several children's titles, short stories, and a trilogy called Parrish Plessis consisting of three books. She also worked on an RPG called Nylon Angel and an animation of Parrish Plessis. Some of her works have been translated and her most recent young adult novel is a dark science fiction/fantasy called Burn Bright which was released in 2011 and received Aurealis Awards. She is currently working on the fourth book in the Sentients series called "Transformation Space" as well as a screenplay and several other novels.