About Me... Creatively Speaking

Marcia Zina Mager has been writing professionally for more than twenty-five years. Her extensive publishing credits include novels, non-fiction books, radio & television, poetry, and feature articles for local and national publications including Guideposts, Guideposts for Kids, New York Daily News, Midweek, Starbulletin, Island Scene Online, Hawaii Hotel Network, Morris Visitor Publications, and Hawaii Woman Magazine.

Take a peek at a few of her published essays:

• Shortcut to Heaven
• Lost & Found in Paradise
• Dancing in the Light
• The Most Precious Gift of All

Her book, Believing in Faeries: A manual for grown-ups (C.W. Daniel Company, 1999), illustrated by Tom Cross, has been translated into German, Italian, Greek, and Dutch. The lushly illustrated hard-cover German edition, Das Feen Geschenk (Ansata, 2001) became a best seller, followed by Feen-set (Ansata, 2002), an illustrated deck of divination cards. Marcia's second German book, The Hidden Kingdom was published by Ansata in 2003 (Ansata & CW Daniel are now owned by Random House).

She is the also the author of the nationally-published 31 Words to Create an Organized Life: Simple Strategies & Expert Advice to Win the Battle against Chaos & Clutter (Inner Ocean/New World Publishing, 2006); Hawaii Cooks with Taro (Mutual Publishing, 2007); and Pocket Guide to Lanai (Mutual Publishing, 2003).

The amazing story of Marcia's second romance novel Lured into Dawn (Berkley/Jove, 1981, translated into eight languages) coming true, literally, a decade after publication was featured on American and Japanese television, and also appears in best-selling book series including Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Lover and Small Miracles. Her extraordinary encounter with wild dolphins was published in Chicken Soup from the Soul of Hawaii.

A dynamic public speaker and seminar leader, Marcia is also the creator of the original Write from the Heart, a national seminar series on creativity founded in NYC in 1986. Write from the Heart has been taught from coast to coast (including Hawaii & Canada) in corporate and educational settings. If you’re looking for The Write Coach™, Marcia now offers private coaching to writers and aspiring writers.

Marcia is also an award-winning mixed media artist whose work has appeared in juried shows in Honolulu galleries. In addition, she is a local actress performing on stage and radio.

Where is she now? Living happily ever after on the beautiful island of Oahu, Hawaii with her sexy ocean-loving husband Dennis, their wonderful 9 year old son, Reyn, and their affectionate crazy-cat Mele.