Marilyn Layman Mascaro

Marilyn Layman Mascaro is an educator, traveler, and East Tennessee native. Her newest work, When the Rivers Flowed: An Ambitious Hillbilly and a Southern Flapper Discover Knoxville, Tennessee, is a non-fiction book set in the early twentieth century. It features two young people from Appalachia who struggle with prejudice, poverty, and unrealistic expectations of each other. Mascaro recounted an ancestor's experience in the Civil War in her first book, "Surviving History: the Life of B.Y. Harris in East Tennessee." Her poetry has been published in Bloodroot, the Caney Creek Sampler, and ABZ: A Poetry Magazine. Mascaro has a Bachelor of Science in Education and a Master of Arts in English from the University of Tennessee.