Miranda Marquit is a journalistically trained freelance writer who enjoys working out of her home nestled in the beautiful Cache Valley in Utah. She has written for a variety of online and print publications, and writes a personal finance blog for AllBusiness.com, works as a reporter for the science news Web site PhysOrg.com, and writes a column for the local newspaper. The book she compiled and edited about faith healing was published last fall by Greenhaven Press.

Miranda is interested in environmental, religious and women's issues. When not trolling the Internet for the latest in Big Oil shenanigans for The Panelist,
Miranda enjoys the outdoors, travel, reading and playing with her son, Gavin, and husband, Josh.