Marni Scofidio

Marni Scofidio was born in San Francisco, California, in 1956, and raised near Buffalo, New York. Her modern ghost stories have appeared in semi- and professional magazines and anthologies in four countries. She comes from a creative family; her uncle was the late Ricardo Scofidio, the first architect to win the MacArthur Genius Award, and her cousin is jazz guitarist Dana Scofidio. She holds a BA (Hons) Design from University of Wales. She is also founder of Poems from the Doghouse.

Scofidio is married to her Welshman Kev and is Wicked Stepmother to one stepson. She divides her time between a mountaintop in Wales with more sheep than people, and Malpas, in Cheshire.