Marian Storm

Born in Stormville, New York, Marian Isabel Storm was an American writer, journalist, poet, and conservation-minded advocate. Reliable records identify her birth date as January 30, 1892, and note that she graduated from Smith College in 1913. Early in her career she worked in editorial and secretarial roles, including service connected with the Argentine ambassador in Washington, D.C.

Storm wrote across several forms, from essays and poetry to travel and reflective prose. She is especially remembered for Minstrel Weather and for books shaped by her interest in Mexico and the natural world. Sources also describe her as an animal rights advocate and conservationist, which fits the humane and observant spirit readers often find in her work.

She died on August 20, 1975. Archival material at Smith College preserves correspondence, writings, photographs, and journals, suggesting a long and varied literary life that reached well beyond a single genre.