Maryanne Sanders was born in New Zealand, where she lived on a farm. She has travelled widely and has worked in Thailand, London and Scotland, and has been in beautiful Adelaide, Australia, for more than forty years. Maryanne worked with adult migrants and refugees for over thirty years at TAFE in aspects of their settlement in Australia. Taking inspiration from nature and her childhood in rural New Zealand, Maryanne's reflective poetry focuses on women's issues, the sickness and death of close family members, grief, finding courage to go on, life's joys, faraway places and topical issues. She is the mother of two adult children and is a happy grandmother.