TopNotch® Writing Solutions

Conveying Your Message with Power, Punch, and Pizzazz . . . TM

ABOUT DR. MARYANN DIORIO

__________________________________________________________________________________

Home / About / Endorsements / Coaching / Translating / Speaking / Bookstore / TeleClasses

_________________________________________

Dr. MaryAnn is an award-winning writer and writing coach. She writes novels, short stories, poetry, and songs for both adults and children.

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 and now is available by free subscription. 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), The Heart of a Teacher (Bethany House), and God Answers Moms' Prayers (God Allows U-Turns series, Harvest House, 2005), and Mastering the Art of Success (Insight Publishing, 2011). Her first e-book, You Were Made for Greatness (TopNotch Press, 2011) is available for Kindle, Nook, or iPad, through Amazon and Smashwords. MaryAnn has also authored seven booklets: Dating Etiquette for Christian Teens, Balancing Your Budget God's Way, Making Your Marriage Work, From the Treadmill to the Balance Beam (e-book), The ABCs of TopNotch Writing ( e-book), Writing Fiction for Children, and Writing Non-Fiction for Children.

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.Her first novel, The Madonna of Pisano, garnered several writing awards, including the

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, the annual Capitol Writers Writing Contest (Washington, DC area), and the annual Genesis Contest sponsored by American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW). 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 (PhD) degree in French and Comparative Literature, MaryAnn also holds the Doctor of Ministry (DMin) degree in Christian Counseling from Christian Leadership University. She is a diplomate of the Institute of Children's Literature and a graduate of the Highlights Foundation Workshop in Writing the Middle-Grade Novel. She is also a graduate of the three-year RHEMA Correspondence Bible School and received her certification in Life Coaching through the Life Coach Institute. Dr. MaryAnn has also taken advanced traiining in Life Coaching through Light University, a division of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) and holds the designation of Certified Bibilical Counselor as a result of having completed the AACC's program entitled Caring for God's People God's Way. She also holds the designation of Certified Behavioral Consultant through the Institute for Motivational Living where she was trained in the use of the DiSC Assessment. Dr. MaryAnn is a graduate of Christian Leaders and Speakers Services (CLASS) and a gifted and popular Bible teacher.

She has taught Italian at the University of Kansas and has served as Assistant Professor of Italian and Spanish at Camden County College in Blackwood, NJ. In addition, MaryAnn has served as Adjunct Professor of Writing and Public Speaking at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ; Online Professor of Writing at Nottingham-Trent University in the United Kingdom; and Adjunct Professor at New Life Bible College in Millville, NJ. Early in her career, MaryAnn taught 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; and French and Italian at Cumberland County College in Vineland, New Jersey. Currently, she is completing the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Writing Popular Fiction at Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA.

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, the Mid-Atlantic Christian Writers' Conference, and The New Jersey Society of Christian Writers' Seminar.

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. Her popular devotional, The Daystar Devotional, is now entitled Winning with the Word and is published weekly. To subscribe, please contact Dr. MaryAnn at DrMaryAnn@TopNotchWritingSolutions.com.

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:

TopNotch Writing Solutions

TopNotch Translation Services

TopNotch Life & Career Coaching

MaryAnn is a member in good standing of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), Romance Writers of America (RWA), New Jersey Romance Writers of America (NJRWA), the Society of Children's Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI), the New Jersey Society of Children's Writers & Illustrators (NJSCBWI), 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 Kingdom 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 856-488-0366 or email me at DrMaryAnn@TopNotchWritingSolutions.com.

_____________________________________________________________

Related Links:

TopNotch Communications Group

TopNotch Life and Career Coaching

TopNotch Translation Services

MaryAnn Diorio, Novelist & Poet

About Dr. MaryAnn

Speaking/Appearances

The Freedom Movie

Home

_____________________________________________

A Division of TopNotch Communications Group, LLC
MaryAnn Diorio, PhD, DMin, MFA, CPRW, Principal
PO Box 1185 Merchantville, NJ 08109
P (856) 488-0366 F (856) 488-0291
Email: DrMaryAnn@TopNotchWritingSolutions.com
www.TopNotchWritingSolutions.com

_____________________________________________________________