Marianne Wiggins (born September 8, 1947) is an American author. The characters and storylines in her novels have been described as unusual.Barnes and Noble Writers According to The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English, Wiggins writes with "a bold intelligence and an ear for hidden comedy."The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English, She has won a Whiting Award, an National Endowment for the Arts award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2004 for her novel Evidence of Things Unseen.