Marcia Talley is an American mystery novelist, author of the Hannah Ives mystery series, two

collaborative novels Collaborative fiction is a form of writing by a group of authors who share creative control of a story. Collaborative fiction can occur for commercial gain, as part of education, or recreationally – many collaboratively written works have bee ...

, and numerous short stories. A former librarian, she took early retirement in 2000 to write full-time.

Early life, education and career

Marcia was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of COL Thomas Chester Dutton, a career

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officer, and Lois Elizabeth Tuckerman Dutton, a registered nurse. On September 5, 1964 she married John Barry Talley. Talley studied French at Oberlin College and obtained her B.A. 1965. She was a librarian at

Bryn Mawr School Bryn Mawr School, founded in 1885 as the first college-preparatory school for girls in the United States, is an independent, nonsectarian all-girls school for grades PK-12, with a coed preschool. Bryn Mawr School is located in the Roland Park c ...

from 1968-1971. She then worked as a cataloguer at St. John's College in Annapolis. She received a master's degree from the

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of ...

in 1981. Later, Talley later worked for TeleSec Library Services, the

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, the U.S. General Accounting Office and the U.S. Naval Academy Library. Talley is a member of the

Mystery Writers of America Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is an organization of mystery and crime writers, based in New York City. The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday. It presents the Edgar Award, ...

Sisters in Crime Sisters in Crime is an organization that has 4,500 members in 60+ regional chapters worldwide, offering networking, advice and support to mystery authors. Members are authors, readers, publishers, agents, booksellers and librarians bound by their a ...

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and the Crime Writers Association (UK). From 2009-2010 she served as national president of Sisters in Crime, Inc.

Awards

* Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Awards, Best Contemporary Mystery, "Unbreathed Memories," 2000 * Agatha Award, Best Short Story, "Too Many Cooks," 2003 * Anthony Award, Best Short Story, "Too Many Cooks," 2003 * Agatha Award, Best Short Story, "Driven to Distraction," 2005 * Arts Council of Anne Arundel County "Annie" Award for Excellence in the Literary Arts, 2005

References

External links

Marcia Talley Web site
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