Marisa Wright

Marisa Wright was born a Scot, but has regarded Australia as home for more than 20 years.  She has travelled extensively across both countries as well as the rest of the British Isles, Europe and Africa.

Dance has been her passion since the age of three, when she saw a performance by the Royal Ballet and was instantly hooked!   Though childhood illness meant a professional ballet career was an impossible dream, she has danced most of her adult life, including some years as a flamenco performer.

Writing was also an early interest – as a child, she produced several illustrated children’s books for the amusement of her siblings.  Her first full-length novel was completed before she left school, but its failure to find a publisher discouraged her writing ambitions.  Career and dancing took precedence for many years.

The advent of internet writing sites reignited Marisa’s love of writing.  She now writes freelance and on HubPages and Helium, as well as working on a new novel.  She still enjoys dancing – these days her hobby is belly dance, as well as ballroom and Latin with her new husband (which just goes to show there is life – and romance – after fifty!).

Why this website?

One day, that new novel will be finished.  When it is, this website will be its “launching pad”!  In the meantime, it is a repository of articles written by Marisa in various publications.

Favourite Topics

Travel

Marisa has lived on three continents and travelled on five, so is well placed to write about travel for both leisure and work, as well as the pros and cons of the expatriate lifestyle.

Dance and Performing Arts

Trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary, tap, flamenco, belly dance, ballroom and Latin, Marisa is well-qualified to write on any aspect of the dance.  Her experience of performance, stagecraft and costuming are also relevant to other performing arts.

Relationships

In her fifties and happily married for the second time, Marisa has had her share of happy and failed relationships, marriage and divorce.  She is particularly well-acquainted with the challenging world of mature-age singles!