MARIE MARQUARDT is a scholar-in-residence at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology and the lead author of Living “Illegal”: The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration. She is widely published in the areas of religion, interethnic relations, and civic participation of Mexican immigrants in the American South. Marie has worked for many years as an advocate among immigrants in Georgia. She currently serves as cochair of El Refugio, which serves immigrants detained at the Stewart Detention Center with visitation and hospitality programs. Marie lives with her husband and four children in a very busy household in Decatur, Georgia. Dream Things True is her first young adult novel. You can sign up for email updates here.
