Marianne K. Martin

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Marianne K. Martin
Born1945or1946(age 79–80)
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • publisher
  • sports coach
Alma mater Eastern Michigan University
Coaching career
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Softball
1970s–? Whitmore Lake HS
Women's field hockey
1977–? Eastern Michigan Eagles
Girls' basketball
?–?Whitmore Lake HS

Marianne K. Martin (born 1945/1946 [1] ) is an American novelist, publisher, and former high school and college sports coach. She originally worked as a varsity coach at Whitmore Lake High School, including three winning Tri-County Conference softball teams, as well as coach of the Eastern Michigan Eagles women's field hockey team. She later wrote several novels, receiving several Lambda Literary Award nominations for them, co-founded publishing house Bywater Books, and co-directed the documentary In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction.

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Biography

Martin spent a year studying at Jackson Community College and then graduated from Eastern Michigan University. [2]

In the 1970s, Martin became the girls' basketball coach at Whitmore Lake High School, serving for thirteen years [1] and leading them to the quarterfinals in 1984. [3] She coached three winning Tri-County Conference softball teams for the school. [4] [5] She was The Ann Arbor News' 1984 Special Mention Coach of the Year award. [6] She was also an art teacher and a physical education teacher at Whitmore Lake, as well as a coach for other varsity basketball teams elsewhere in Michigan. [1]

In 1977, Martin became coach of the Eastern Michigan Eagles women's field hockey team. [2] [7] She founded the Michigan Women's Major Fast-Pitch Association, [8] where she was the association's president as well as coach for the Ann Arbor Bleus team. [9]

Martin filed an equal pay lawsuit in 1976, causing the Michigan Civil Rights Commission to rule in her favor in 1980. [1] [8] She applied to be the boys' basketball coach in 1985, but was passed over for a male candidate, which she criticized as gender discrimination. [1] She left her teaching job in order to focus on social activism after one of her students died from suicide. [8]

Martin's novel Mirrors was a finalist for the 2002 Lambda Literary Award for Romance. [10] She was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance three times: for For Now, for Always in 2008, Tangled Roots in 2015, and The Liberators of Willow Run in 2017. [11] [12] [13] Other novels she published are Dance in the Key of Love, Dawn of the Dance, The Indelible Heart , Kickin' Rocks, Legacy of Love, Love in the Balance, Never Ending, Under the Witness Tree, and Whisper to the Wind. [14] According to Martin, her work "explore[s] the 'in spite of,' the 'against the odds' battle for love and happiness and justice within our community". [8]

Martin co-founded publishing house Bywater Books. [14] She won the 2012 Golden Crown Literary Society Trailblazer Award [15] and a 2014 Alice B Readers Award, [16] and she was one of GO Magazine's 2013 100 Women We Love. [8] She and Lisa Marie Evans co-directed the documentary In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction. [17]

Martin is lesbian. [18]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Page, Peggy (February 6, 1986). "Whitmore Lake coach claims discrimination in grievance". The Ann Arbor News. p. B1, B5 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 Anderson, Bill (October 23, 1977). "Martin Finds 'Old Challenges' At EMU". The Ann Arbor News. p. D7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Allstetter, Rob (September 7, 1985). "Whitmore Lake". Ann Arbor News. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Woman's pay suit to be heard". The Ann Arbor News. January 23, 1979 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Eastern Hires Coaches". The Ann Arbor News. August 17, 1977. p. D3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Cage talent reaches every corner of Region". The Ann Arbor News. November 24, 1984. p. D5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "For the Record". Detroit Free Press. August 18, 1977. p. 2D – via Newspapers.com.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Long, Kat; Frances, Jacqueline; Collins, Andrew (June 14, 2013). "100 Women We Love: Marianne K. Martin". GO. Archived from the original on January 17, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  9. ↑ Wigton, Sue (July 17, 1982). "Ann Arbor women's fast pitch has vaulted into prominence". Ann Arbor News– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "14th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. July 10, 2002. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  11. ↑ "20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. April 30, 2007. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  12. ↑ "The 27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists". Lambda Literary. March 4, 2015. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  13. ↑ "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. March 14, 2017. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  14. 1 2 "Marianne K. Martin". Bywater Books. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Trailblazer Award". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Past Alice B Medal Winners". The Alice B Awards. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  17. ↑ Staggs, Dustin (December 4, 2024). "Documentary "In Her Words" shines light on importance, history and censorship of lesbian fiction". Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Archived from the original on December 9, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  18. ↑ Brydum, Sunnivie (September 18, 2012). "Lesbian Authors on Alcoholism Abuse and Acceptance". Advocate. Archived from the original on January 25, 2025. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  19. ↑ Harris, Lydia (January 4, 2012). "'The Indelible Heart' By Marianne K. Martin". Lambda Literary Review. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  20. ↑ s.n. (March 14, 2013). "The Indelible Heart". Rainbow Round Table Book and Media Reviews. Archived from the original on April 12, 2025. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  21. ↑ April (October 3, 2019). "Kickin' Rocks by Marianne K Martin: Book Review". The Lesbian Review. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  22. ↑ Scott, Tara (January 6, 2017). "The Liberators of Willow Run by Marianne K Martin". The Lesbian Review. Archived from the original on June 19, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  23. ↑ Scott, Tara (July 26, 2016). "Love in the Balance by Marianne K Martin: Book Review". The Lesbian Review. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  24. ↑ Butler, Jo Ann. "Tangled Roots". Historical Novel Society. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  25. ↑ Janmaat, Sarah (January 24, 2025). "Whisper to the Wind by Marianne K. Martin: Book Review". The Lesbian Review. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
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