Date:         Sun, 18 May 1997 11:24:10 -0700
From: Marsha Ward <mwward@PRIMENET.COM>
Subject:      FILL: Bio, Marsha Ward

Herewith my official bio (which I've discovered, needs updating,
but here's the gist of who I am and what I've done):

Marsha Ward

Marsha Ward is an award-winning freelance writer and editor whose
published articles, columns, poems and short stories number over 800
pieces. At the present time, she is the Arizona Editor of _The Beehive_
newspaper, a Las Vegas-based chain. She has also been editor of _The
Arizona Latter Day Journal_ newspaper, and was managing editor of _The
Arizona Latter-Day SUN_ newspaper. In addition, she was a staff writer
for the Latter-Day Sentinel Newspapers, a Phoenix-based chain, for five
years; wrote columns for newsletters in Florida and Arizona; and edited
a writer's newsletter based in Arizona.

Marsha has studied creative writing since 1983 under the tutelage of
Stephan Overholser, William Greenleaf, Donna Clark Goodrich, and others.
Her short story, "No More Strangers," placed in a national short story
competition sponsored by _ByLine Magazine_. "The Usual Game" appeared in
the anthology _Cactus Cuttings_, and "Cottonwood Saturday" was published
in _The Roadrunner_.

In addition to writing, Marsha works with other writers as a creative
consultant, editor, workshop presenter, contest judge, teacher, and
mentor. She taught creative writing at Washington Irving School and
newspaper writing at Carmel Charter School; and founded Arizona Night
Writers Association.

Marsha attended Phoenix College and Northern Arizona University where
she majored in Music Performance and Spanish. She lived for two years in
Colombia and Venezuela, and her poetry was published in the Venezuelan
periodical, _La Cosecha_.

A native of Arizona, Marsha is a member of Western Writers of America,
Inc.  She lives in Mesa, Arizona with her husband and family.


Marsha Ward
mwward@primenet.com