Mariquita Serrano Villard Platov (June 5, 1905 – December 14, 2000) was an American writer, artist, educator, and pacifist, and a co-founder of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship.

[1][2] After college and a broken marriage engagement, Villard traveled in Europe with her mother, and was moved by the plight of Russian Orthodox Christians in Stalin's Soviet Union.

[4][5] In 1969, she was part of a small group of protesters held for questioning after they tried to distribute leaflets at West Point.

[13] Platov identified as a Christian Buddhist, and cited both Gandhi and Carl Jung as influences on her philosophy and her writings.

was read at Sonora House in Haines Falls, NY, and on August 8, 1977, Lazarus' Cue premiered at Lexington Conservatory Theatre.