She is a New Thought/Metaphysics minister and spiritual counselor with a background in Metaphysical Studies. She worked as a field investigator for MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) in Los Angeles and San Diego in the 1980s and 1990s and co-founded MUFON North County, and currently serves as a Consultant to ARPAST, the Arkansas Paranormal and Anomalous Studies Team.

Marie began her extensive writing career as a teenager writing movie and video reviews for a variety of national magazines, as well as short stories, including award-winning science fiction and speculative fiction for small press genre and literary magazines. She is now a widely published author with hundreds of credits to her name.

Her first non-fiction book, "Looking For God in All the Wrong Places," was chosen as the "Best Spiritual/Religious Book of 2003" by the popular book review website, RebeccasReads.com, and the book made the "Top Ten of 2003" list at MyShelf.com. Marie has also co-authored of over three-dozen inspirational books for Publications International/New Seasons, including "100 Most Fascinating People in the Bible," "Life Changing Prayers," and "God's Answers to Tough Questions" and her essays, articles and stories have appeared in "Chicken Soup for the Working Woman's Soul," "Chicken Soup to Inspire a Woman," "If Women Ruled the World," "God Allows U-Turns," "UFO Magazine, "The Book of Thoth," "Paranormal Magazine," "Light Connection Magazine," "Alternate Realities," "Unity Magazine," "Whole Life Times," "Science of Mind Magazine" and many others. She is also a popular book reviewer for such websites as BookIdeas.com and CurledUp.com.