Marie Howalt was born and raised in a small North European kingdom called Denmark and started writing stories at the age of 11 after sucking the local library dry of science fiction and fantasy. After graduating from the University of Copenhagen with a master’s degree in English studies and religion, Marie worked as a translator between English and Danish for years before sustaining an injury that caused the condition PCS (Post Concussion Syndrome). Now Marie writes as much as physically possible. The stories are a lot longer and quite a bit more complex than the childhood scribbles, but they still take place in the far future, fantasy worlds or alternate realities.
When not writing, Marie enjoys being a cat perch, drawing, reading (it turned out that the suburban library did not have nearly all the books worth reading in the world) and arguing with and bribing imaginary people to tell their stories.
We Lost the Sky is Marie’s first traditionally published novel.
Several short stories have appeared in venues such as Every Day Fiction and Boned.
