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Marcia Talley (born April 12, 1943) is an award-winning mystery novelist, author of the Hannah Ives mystery series, two collaborative novels, and numerous short stories. A former librarian, she took early retirement in 2000 to write full-time. She divides her time between Annapolis, Maryland and an antique sailboat in the Bahamas. Marcia was born April 12, 1943, in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of COL Thomas Chester Dutton, a career U.S. Marine Corps officer, and Lois Elizabeth Tuckerman Dutton, a registered nurse. On September 5, 1964 she married her college sweetheart, John Barry Talley, who was for thirty-six years Director of Musical Activities at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. Marcia has two daughters, Laura Geyer, an attorney in Washington, DC, and Sarah Glass, a former teacher who lives in Dallas, TX. She has five grandchildren.
Oberlin College, B.A. (French), 1965;University of Maryland, College Park, MLS, 1981.
Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, MD, Librarian, K-4, 1968-71;St. John's College , Annapolis, MD, Cataloguer, 1971-81;TeleSec Library Services, Washington, DC, Manager, Library Support Services, 1981-84;American Bankers Association, Washington DC, Head, Technical Services, 1984-88;U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, DC, Head, Library Systems Support, 1988-96;U.S. Naval Academy Library, Annapolis, Head, Automated Systems, 1996-2000;OCLC User's Council, Fedlink Delegate, 1997-2000.
Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Authors Guild, Maryland Writers Association.
Vicky Bijur Literary Agency, 333 West End Ave, 5-B, New York, NY 10023
Awards and Nominations more less
Malice Domestic Grant, Best Unpublished Novel, 1998 (Sing It to Her Bones);
Agatha Award nomination, 1999 (Sing It to Her Bones);
Reviewers Choice, Best Contemporary Mystery, Romantic Times, 2001 (Unbreathed Memories);
Agatha Award and Anthony Award, Best Short Story, 2003 ("Too Many Cooks" in Much Ado About Murder);
Agatha Award, Best Short Story, 2005 ("Driven to Distraction" in Chesapeake Crimes II).
A keynote speaker at the Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave in 2005.
Novels
Hannah Ives Mystery series
Sing It to Her Bones (1999)
Unbreathed Memories (2000)
Occasion of Revenge (2001)
In Death's Shadow (2004)
This Enemy Town (2005)
Through the Darkness (2006)
Dead Man Dancing (2008)
Without a Grave (2009 forthcoming)
Short stories
"With Love, Marjorie Ann" Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine, Fall 1999;
"For Sale by Owner" Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine, Winter 2000;
"Conventional Wisdom" Malice Domestic 9 (Avon, 2000);
"To Catch a Fish" Death by Horoscope (Carroll & Graf, 2001);
"Too Many Cooks" Much Ado About Murder (Berkley, 2002);
"Safety First" Blood on Their Hands (Carroll & Graf, 2003);
"Vital Signs" Chesapeake Crimes I (Lulu.com, 2006);
"Miss Havisham Regrets" Death by Dickens (Berkley Prime Crime, 2004);
"Driven to Distraction" Chesapeake Crimes II (Tidewater Publishing, December 2006);
"The Queen is Dead, Long Live the Queen" Thou Shalt Not Kill (Carrol and Graf, December 2005);
"Home Movies" Baltimore Noir (Akashic Books, May 2006);
"Two Sisters" Chesapeake Crimes III (Tidewater Publishing, December 2007).
"Can You Hear Me Now?" Two of the Deadliest: New Tales of Lust, Greed and Murder from Outstanding Women of Mystery (Harper Collins, 2009)
Other
Naked Came the Phoenix (collaborative serial novel), St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2001;
Naked Came the Gryphon (collaborative serial novel), St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2003;
A Second Helping of Murder: More Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers, Poisoned Pen Press, 2003.
Podcasts
"Making Crime Pay: An Author's Journey," Milner Library, Illinois State University, June 8, 2007
"Mystery Writer Visits ISU," WJBC AM 1230, June 7, 2007
Drake Ferguson interviews Marcia Talley, April 28, 2007, Oxford Days, Oxford, MD
Marcia Talley: This Enemy Town, Eye on Books, with Bill Thompson, (2005)
Articles
"Novelist Encourages Fellow Cancer Survivors," Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL, June 7, 2007
Writing Habits of Mystery Writers, Marcia Talley," The Motivated Writer, November 2006
"The Mystery Mews," Mystery Scene Magazine
Marcia on the annual St Hildas Crime and Mystery Conference
Marcia attends the Firearms and Fiction Seminar, Las Vegas, NV
"Second Chances," Baltimore Magazine, October, 2004
"Thirteen Writers Take A Stab at a Witty Whodunit," Baltimore Sun, May 27, 2004
"Murder She Wrote," by Hope Katz Gibbs in Crystal City, etc., Summer 2001
"Crime and Publishing," Marcia Talley with SJ Rozan and Sara Hoskinson Frommer, Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Winter 1999
"Hannah Ives leaves no stone unturned in this thrilling mystery," Melissa Kammer
PW [Publishers’ Weekly] Talks with Marcia Talley, 7/2/2001
Bay Weekly, Between the Covers, Marcia Talley’s In Death’s Shadow
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