Marion Day lives in the picturesque outer Pelorus Sound in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. Although writing for adults, she enjoys most writing for children, middle grade and young adult. Marion had been short-listed in the Storylines Joy Cowley Awards. One of her stories has been included in the ESA's New Zealand textbook for secondary school students Level 1 Literacy Learning Workbook. Her love of nature shows in much of her work including her popular children's picture book nature series: Spiny Sebastian Starfish, Black Shag, The Little Feijoa Tree, and The Butterfly and the Tui. Blue Cloud and The Chestnut Mare are published by CreateBooks.