Marnie McDermott's debut book, Beyond Happiness: The 12 Principles of Enduring Bliss, won the National Indie Excellence Awards. On her writing Marnie says, "I want to write the kind of books I wish I'd read in my 20s, mind-body-spirit for a new era, as inspirational as they are practical. The kind of books you connect with, that give you the tools to get on with creating the life you really want, and that you can return to over and over again." She lives in New Zealand.