Marcia Meier Author, Journalist, Teacher

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Marcia Meier is an award-winning journalist, author, poet, photographer, teacher, and owner and director of the 37-year-old Santa Barbara Writers Conference, which provides workshops, panels and speakers for ...
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Tolkien's Trilogy, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, Peace Like a River by Leif Unger, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men and The Red Pony by John Steinbeck, Like Water for Chocolate, Water for Elephants, The Kite Runner, The Life of Pi, many others....

Mary Oliver, Sylvia Plath, John Steinbeck, Barbara Kingsolver, Joan Didion, lots more...

Mostly memoir and nonfiction. Just started The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz and Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.

Marcia Meier: Santa Barbara Writers Conference Weekend of Poetry
March 13, 2009 4:00pm - March 15, 2009 3:00pm
Santa Barbara, CA

Marcia Meier: Santa Barbara Writers Conference
June 20, 2009 12:00pm - June 25, 2009 11:00pm
Santa Barbara, CA

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Avila, Oh Avila...
October 31, 2008
- It's overcast and chilly - perfect weather for writing. Here we are again, my writing buddies and I, on the Central California coast in our favorite spot.
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Another Great SBWC
June 29, 2008
- Well, another Santa Barbara Writers Conference has come and gone, and a lot of happy, exhausted writers have traveled back home, inspired, motivated and ready to tackle another year of writing and,
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Seducing the Muse (with apologies to Erica Jong)
April 25, 2008
- I've been in a small seaside town in Central California the past week with my writing group. We have come here every six months since October 2006.
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