Marnie Woodrow (born 1969) is a Canadian comedian and writer and editor. She has also worked as an editor, magazine writer and as a researcher for TV and radio.

Woodrow has published two short fiction collections, Why We Close Our Eyes When We Kiss in 1991 and In the Spice House in 1996, before publishing her debut novel Spelling Mississippi in 2002. Spelling Mississippi was shortlisted for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award in 2003.

Woodrow was mentored in her early writing career by the late Timothy Findley. She has also been a columnist for Xtra!, Toronto's gay and lesbian biweekly newspaper.

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