Maryanne Chrisant, MD, has been published in 34th Parallel Magazine, Apricity Magazine, Connecticut River Review, Freshwater, Isele Magazine, JONAHmagazine, Open Ceilings, Pennsylvania English, Platform Review, Shark Reef, Sand Hills Literary Journal, Spotlong Review, and on the podcast Anamnesis: Medical Storytellers. She has attended writing workshops with Jericho Writers, The New School, Tufts University, and in Shaker Square, Ohio. She studied poetry with Galway Kinnell and Denise Levertov. Her short story “Dia de los Muertos” was nominated for a 2024 Pushcart Prize. Maryanne is a physician and has held leadership roles at many prominent health-care institutions in the U.S. An advocate for children’s health, she’s currently a medical director at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in South Florida. Maryanne is still raising her teen-age twin sons, who are now in college. She enjoys biking, weight training and traveling, and frequently returns to her New York roots.