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Victoria Marie Lees is an award-winning poet and author. She has published in Chicken Soup for the Soul, Business Insider, and national magazines and anthologies. She leads writing workshops at libraries and assisted living centers on various topics in fiction, memoir, and poetry. She also helps beginning writers, one-on-one, to hone their skills.
Victoria earned her B.A. in English from the University of Pennsylvania and has recounted her college experiences as a mother of five, the trials, the heartache, and the humor. Her memoir, Determination: A Mother of Five Conquers College, releases on May 6, 2025.
You can find her poetry at The Poets Billow and personal essays about camping and college at Business Insider online.
When Victoria isn’t writing, she’s hugging trees with her children. She’s exploring mountains and forests, hiking the trails with family. Visiting state and national parks, camping and trying to get her grandchildren to eat something made at a campfire. One thing’s for sure. She finds inspiration for her creative work from family adventures and nature.
But what keeps Victoria Marie going, you might ask? Okay, she admits it: dark chocolate [lots and lots and lots of dark chocolate!] and homemade cookies and pies which the kids help make. All enjoyed with a pot of tea. Except during Lent! *Grumble* She gives them up until Easter.
