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Maryann Ridini Spencer
Author Bio:
Maryann pens award-winning fiction and non-fiction books and writes and produces critically acclaimed projects for film & television that entertain, inspire, educate, and uplift with themes that revolve around faith, family, hope, healing, forgiveness, timeless friendships, enduring romances, and the wondrous mysteries of life.
She began her career as a producer/writer for CNN. Later, she was appointed Director of Publicity for Miss Universe, Inc. and served as Senior VP of Stephen J. Cannell Productions before founding Ridini Entertainment Corporation. As company president, she is committed to creating, writing, producing, and promoting content that entertains, inspires, educates, and uplifts.
A member of the Writers Guild of America West and Producers Guild of America, Maryann has produced numerous movies and television series. Her projects have appeared on Showtime, SiFi Networks, TMC, USA Networks, CBS-TV, Time Warner Cable, and the foreign theatrical market. In addition, she is celebrated for co-producing/writing the teleplay for the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie The Lost Valentine. Based on the James Michael Pratt novel, the movie stars Betty White and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Over fifteen million viewers tuned in to watch the film, which won CBS-TV the night in ratings. The film, winner of the Faith and Freedom Movieguide® Award, has since become part of Hallmark’s Gold Crown (DVD) Collector’s Edition, and the film can also be live-streamed on Hallmark’s movie channels.
Maryann is also the creator, writer, producer, and host of the Telly award-winning healthy living cooking series, cookbooks, podcasts, and online magazine, Simply Delicious Living® with Maryann. The series is broadcast on PBS-TV station KVCR in Southern California, DirecTV, DishTV, and a global audience on YouTube (https://youtube.com/MaryannRidiniSpencer) and Maryann’s blog at https://SimplyDeliciousLiving.com.
As a journalist, Maryann has served as a food and lifestyle writer and contributing editor for such publications as Palm Springs Life Magazine, Desert Magazine, Ventura County Star, and Los Angeles Magazine.
Maryann, named Author of the Year by the 2025 International Impact Book Awards for Christian Fiction, is the award-winning, bestselling author of the Kate Grace Novels: Lady in the Window, The Paradise Table, Secrets of Grace Manor, and Under the Tropical Skies. She also wrote Lavender Hill Cove, which won the 2024 International Impact Book Award for Christian Fiction, the 2024 Book Excellence Award for Christian Fiction, and the 2024 Maincrest Media Book Award for Women’s Fiction. Her latest in the series, Once Upon a Cove Christmas, is a 2025 Christlit Book Award winner, a 2025 International Impact Book Awards winner, and a 2025 American Legacy Book Award winner, all in Christian Fiction. Her latest nonfiction book, The Mary Garden, ranked #3 in Christian Poetry on Amazon Kindle. She is also the author of the Simply Delicious Living® with Maryann—Entrées cookbook (Santa Rosa Press, 2019).
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