Marie writes across many platforms. She won the RNA Katie Fforde Bursary in 2016; was selected for BBC Writers – Cornish Voices in 2021; co-edited 13 Cornish Ghost Stories (and wrote the story Annie’s Ghost), the anthology reached number 9 in the Independent Bookshop Chart, summer 2024. Her short story Longshore Drift was featured on BBC Sounds 2025. In 2026 she was long-listed for the Exeter Novel Prize, and Flash 500, and short-listed for Louise Walters’ Page 100 competition.
Marie has written, co-written, and script edited many short films including The Hag Stone (2025), Kestav (winner – short film Celtic Media Festival 2022), Katbottys (nomination CMF 2019) To Whom It May Concern (in post), Exit (in post).
She founded and ran the theatre charity, Bedside Manners, creating 45 shows for older people in UK theatres, hospitals and homes. She was a staff writer on two TV series The Tribe and Revelations for Cloud 9/Channel 5. Marie spent a decade as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in screenwriting at the School of Film and Television, Falmouth University. She is now back to writing full time.

She lives in Cornwall with her actor husband John. They travel widely for work, and  in Buddy their campervan for fun.