Marjorie Buettner lives in Chisago City, Minnesota, with her family. She has received numerous awards for her tanka and haiku. She also writes sijo and haibun and dapples in photo-haiga. She has taught haiku, tanka and haibun at The Loft in Minneapolis, MN and is a frequent book reviewer for many journals. Currently she is one of three editors for CHO (Contemporary Haibun Online). She is the author of two collections published by Red Dragonfly Press: SEEING IT NOW (2008) and SOME MEASURE OF EXISTENCE: COLLECTED HAIBUN (2014).