Marissa Marinello
  • West Coast Wyrd
  • Paranormal Romance
  • Cozy Urban Fantasy
  • Romantasy
Marissa Marinello is a SoCal native who writes urban, high fantasy, and cozy-romantasy. A TTRPG nerd who grew up on Tolkien, musical theater, & comics, she’s inspired by finding the fantastical in the mundane and building amazing worlds to tell rich stories in. Her stories often take moments from real life and transform them into something magical. When she remembers to post on socials, it’s usually of her four-legged writing buddy or whatever new piece of media has her in its grips.

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This website—and my "career" as a real life, grown up author—is just about a year old! And I'm using it,…

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It being halfway through the year (and some change), I figure it's as good a time as any to look…

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As you may have guessed from my sporadic newsletters, I am NOT great at social media. I hate fighting algorithms,…

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April 23rd, as my lovely Penguin Writing group reminded me, is World Book Day! It's also Shakespeare's Birthday (more on…

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This is one of the weirdest things I think I've ever said as an urban fantasy/paranormal romance author. Because, I…

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In an attempt to wrangle my life into a planner for the year, I thought, "Hey, what if I add…

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