Marlie has lived in Bolinas for close to two decades. After a career in computer software, she came back to the fiber arts of her youth. She learned to spin from her mother in Holland and has taught spinning for the last ten years. Marlie has degrees from the Sorbonne in Paris, Occidental College, and has studied at the Art Center College of Design. Marlie owns and runs Black Mountain Artisans in Point Reyes Station, a local Marin artist cooperative focused on fiber arts and specializing in the wares of local hand spinners.