Artistic Badassery

Marni Freedman (BFA, LMFT) is an award-winning writer and a licensed therapist for artists. After graduating from USC, Marni began her career writing the play, Two Goldsteins on Acid, which was made into the film Playing Mona Lisa, produced by Disney. Marni is the co-founder and Executive Director for the San Diego Writers Festival as well as the programming director for the International Memoir Association, which produces a yearly theatrical Memoir Showcase. Marni is the co-editor of the award-winning anthology Shaking the Tree: brazen. short. memoir. Her play, A Jewish Joke, about the 1950s Blacklist, recently appeared Off-Broadway. She runs the Memoir Certificate Program at Writers, Ink and teaches workshops at So-Cal conferences, and retreats. Marni’s award-winning books include Permission to Roar: For Female Thought Leaders Ready to Write, and 7 Essential Writing Tools: That Will Absolutely Make Your Writing Better (And Enliven the Soul).