Marian L. Thomas, a born and raised Illinois (Oak Park) native, has taken a detour from her original dream of being a journalist. Instead, she has crafted a career as a women's fiction novelist. Her books bring characters to life, highlighting real obstacles they face while they try to find love and discover the beauty of life. She has been featured on Fox, NBC, CBS, USA Today, and more. Marian won the USA Best Book Fiction Award for her novels Someone Like Me and The Caged Butterfly. Both books reached #1 Amazon Bestseller status for their respective categories.
Other accolades include receiving the AALBC Bestseller Award and the Sankofa Literary Society Award. Marian ranked among the top 100 Most Popular Authors in Literary Fiction on Amazon for her book I Believe In Butterflies.
Marian and her husband of over 20 years currently live in a suburb of Atlanta. She enjoys watching movies such as Pride and Prejudice and believes that popcorn should be a vegetable.