Marilyn Raff is the award-winning author of The Intuitive Gardner, plus the author of two other garden books, Shrub Roses: Paradise in Bloom, and Ornamental Grasses for Western Gardens. For a decade she wrote a garden column for The Villager newspaper. Her poetry has been published in over twenty literary magazines, and Finishing Line Press has published her two poetry chapbooks—In the Palm of the Land, and Until Class Ends. Finally, her artwork, jewelry, and sometimes baked items are on displayed and for sale, at The Blue Chair, an art gallery and furniture store at 3473 S. Broadway, Englewood, Colorado 80113. With affection, Marilyn continues her passions of baking, cooking, painting, decoupage, sewing, gardening and making jewelry.