About

Marion Mutala holds a master’s degree in educational administration and spent 30 years as a teacher. A lifelong lover of the arts, she enjoys writing, singing, creating visual art, playing pickleball and guitar, travelling, and of course reading. She started a singing group called The Sassy Sisters with her sisters and now performs as Prairie Rose.
Marion is the author of twenty-four books, including the award-winning, national bestselling, Baba’s Babushka children’s series. Kohkum’s Babushka: A Magical Metis/ Ukrainian Tale; was performed as a play. She has published two poetry collections as well as a cookbook, Baba Sophies’s Ukrainian Cookbook. Her chapbooks called The Time for Peace is Now: Now is the Time for Peace and Earth Angels: Operation Angel donates sales to Nashi; an organization that tries to stop human trafficking of children. Her 10th Anniversary Limited Edition Hardcover features four stories and is called Baba’s Babushka: Magical Ukrainian Adventures. Baba’s Over the Moon is dedicated to her first grandchild Oliver. Baba and Dido, her first colouring book, A Rainbow Makes a Promise and Remember -A Sorrowful Holodomor Song are unique books filled with music.