2009 Readers' Festival Marlene Perez  Marlene will be speaking from 2:30-3:30 pm in the Jacaranda Room

Marlene grew up in Story City, Iowa, which she thinks has to mean something. She is the youngest of twelve children, which means that she is very familiar with the survival-of-the-fittest theory.

She now lives in Southern California her family, a psychotic cat, an elderly Chihuahua, and an albino corn snake. She and the corn snake have agreed to keep their distance.

 
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