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MaryAnn Diorio, Ph.D., Principal
Box 405 Millville, NJ 08332-0405
P (856) 327-1231 F (856) 327-0291
Email: DrMaryAnn@TopNotchWritingSolutions.com
www.TopNotchWritingSolutions.com

ABOUT DR. MARYANN DIORIO

Dr. MaryAnn is an award-winning writer, artist, and musician. She writes novels, short stories, poetry, and songs for both adults and children. She is also a fine artist and works in oils, pastels, colored pencil, and pen-and-ink. Recently, MaryAnn recorded her first CD of songs she has written.

In 1979, MaryAnn accepted the call of God on her life to become a writer. Since then, she has written several hundred articles, short stories, and poems that have appeared in over 100 national magazines, newspapers, and journals, including The Saturday Evening Post, Billy Graham's Decision Magazine, the Atlantic City Press, and Human Events. She also served as head writer for the television series Teen Machine.

MaryAnn's popular syndicated column, Winning with the Word, was published for several years in newspapers throughout the state of New Jersey. She has also served as a syndicated columnist for the AMY Foundation Internet Syndicate. She has authored four books: Selling Yourself On You: Discovering God's Will for Your Life (1988), A Student's Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne (2004), A Student's Guide to Herman Melville (2006), and A Student's Guide to Mark Twain (2007) and has been a contributor to seven others: My Turn to Care (Thomas Nelson), Religious Writer's Marketplace (Abingdon Press)), The Young Generation Book of Short Stories, Rest Stops for Busy Moms, Rest Stops for Teachers (Broadman & Holman), and The Heart of a Teacher (Bethany House), and God Answers Moms' Prayers (God Allows U-Turns series, Harvest House, 2005). MaryAnn has also authored five booklets: Dating Etiquette for Christian Teens, Balancing Your Budget God's Way, Making Your Marriage Work, Writing Fiction for Children, Writing Non-Fiction for Children.

MaryAnn has produced two cassette tapes on writing: Discovering God's Will for Your Writing, and Commercial Writing: A Well-Kept Secret, in addition to several teaching tapes on the Word of God. In 1990, MaryAnn won the $4000 Third Place Award in the Annual AMY Writing Awards Program for her article entitled "From Feminism to Freedom." Her short story entitled "The Birthmark" placed fifth in the 1990 National Writers' Club Short Story Contest and ranked in the top 100 in the 1990 Writer's Digest Short Story Contest. She has also received an Honorable Mention award from TAKE ONE Radio Theatre for a radio script. In 1992, she was awarded the Second Place Prize in the Novel Category at the St. Davids Christian Writers' Conference.

MaryAnn has appeared on several radio and television talk shows, including the nation-wide LeSea Alive program hosted by the late Dr. Lester Sumrall, By the Book hosted by Debbie Williams, and Women of Grace hosted by Kelly McCausey. She has also been interviewed on WDAS (Philadelphia), WFIL (Philadelphia), WIBG (South Jersey), and WNNN (South Jersey). Articles about her writing have appeared in the Press of Atlantic City, the Daily Journal, the Millville News, the Bridgeton Evening News, and the Times Herald of her hometown of Norristown, Pennsylvania.

MaryAnn has served as a distinguished judge for the annual AMY Writing Awards Program and as a judge for the annual Capitol Writers Writing Contest (Washington, DC area). She is listed in International Who's Who, Who's Who in the East, International Authors and Writers Who's Who, Dictionary of International Biography, World Who's Who of Women, Who's Who in the World, the International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women, the National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in Finance and Business. Most important of all, MaryAnn rejoices that she is listed in The Lamb's Book of Life!

A graduate of the University of Kansas where she earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree in French and Comparative Literature, MaryAnn has taught Italian at the University of Kansas, French at the Pitman High School in Pitman, New Jersey, English, French, Spanish, and Creative Writing at the Fairton Christian Center Academy in Fairton, New Jersey, French and Italian at Cumberland County College in Vineland, New Jersey, and Writing and Public Speaking at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. She also served as Assistant Professor of Italian at Camden County College in Blackwood, NJ, and is currently Adjunct Professor at New Life Bible College in Millville, NJ.

MaryAnn has served on the faculty of several writers' conferences, including the Philadelphia Writers' Conference, the St. Davids Christian Writers Conference, the Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers' Conference, the Sandy Cove Christian Writers' Conference, and The New Jersey Society of Christian Writers' Seminar. She is also a graduate of the three-year program of Rhema Correspondence Bible School, a diplomate of The Institute of Children's Literature, and a graduate of CLASS (Christian Leaders, Authors, and Speakers Services).

In 1984, MaryAnn founded Daystar Communications, later known as Daystar Ministries International. She ran this ministry until 2005, at which point it was incorporated into MaryAnn's other ministries.

MaryAnn is also a Certified Life Coach, a Certified Behavioral Consultant, and a Certified Biblical Counselor. She is a gifted Bible teacher and speaker.

She currently owns and runs TopNotch Communications Group, LLC, a communications firm with three sub-divisions: TopNotch Writing Solutions, TopNotch Translation Services, and TopNotch Life & Career Coaching.

You can learn more about these three businesses by clicking on the links below:

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TopNotch Translation Services

TopNotch Life & Career Coaching

MaryAnn is a member in good standing of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), Writer's Information Network (WIN), Christian Writers Fellowship International (CWFI), the Christian Coaches Network (CCN), the International Coach Federation (ICF), the International Association of Coaches (IAC), the International Biblical Coaching Foundation (IBCF), the New Jersey Professional Coaches Association (NJPCA), the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), the Association of Biblical Counselors (ABC), and the Christian Chamber of Commerce.

For all that God has done and continues to do in her life, MaryAnn gives Him all the praise and all the glory!

If you'd like more information, give me a call at 856-327-1231 or email me at maryann@topnotchwritingsolutions.com.

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A Division of TopNotch Communications Group, LLC
MaryAnn Diorio, Ph.D., Principal
Box 405 Millville, NJ 08332-0405
P (856) 327-1231 F (856) 327-0291

Email: maryann@topnotchwritingsolutions.com
www.TopNotchWritingSolutions.com

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