As a fine art professional, Mar has wielded katanas and handled Lady Gaga’s shoes. As a veterinary assistant, she has cared for hairless cats, hedgehogs, and, one time, a coyote. As a writer (under Marissa James or Mar Vincent), her short fiction can be found in Translunar Travelers Lounge, Kaleidotrope, the Robotic Ambitions anthology from Apex, and many other publications. She is a Pushcart Prize and Coyotl Award nominee, and a reader for Interstellar Flight Press. She resides in the Pacific Northwest or can be found on Twitter or Mastodon @MaroftheBooks.