Marguerite grew up in Ingleburn, south-west of Sydney and graduated from Sydney University with honours in English Literature. The poems in Phloem were written while casual teaching in Sydney’s inner west. ‘Margaret Preston’s Vases Speak’ was short-listed for the Newcastle Poetry Prize and she was awarded the Harri Jones Memorial Prize. ‘Die Back’ was written with an Australia Council grant. ‘undercarriage’ from A Mechanical Life was short-listed for the Calanthe poetry competition. Marguerite’s libretto ‘The Remedy’ won the Australian Music Centre’s New Opera Competition. Many of her poems are dramatic monologues, which led to an MA in Scriptwriting from AFTRS (the Australian Film Television and Radio School). She has worked as a script assessor and script editor for various produced feature films. Recently her short stories have appeared in the online magazine Dorothy Parker’s Ashes. Also recently, she was long-listed for the Peter Porter Prize. Marguerite currently lives in France.
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