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CRICKET DESMARAIS Cricket desmarais is an award-winning writer, certified U.S. Coast Guard master captain, image collector & performance artist. An M.F.A. creative writing graduate from N.Y.U., she transforms her talents & passions into coastal & cultural anthropology, exploring with & assisting marine-based businesses & outreach programs while writing & documenting human interest stories for local & national publications. She is the creative director of agent Sea studios, a marketing & consulting firm for island businesses & lifestyles. While in Key West, she edits the secret of salt: an indigenous journal, teaches writing & dance workshops at the CoffeeMill Dance Studio, The Studios of Key West & the Coffee Plantation, directs house blend dance, a performance art group, performs in local theatre houses & posts www.loveontherocktalk.com, a weekly online singles humor column based on dating & relating in the Florida Keys. She is currently creating a dance film project & completing a historic novel & a book about the 101 uses of coconut oil.
