Name Marcia Talley | Role Novelist | |
Education University of Maryland, College Park, Oberlin College Awards Anthony Award for Best Short Story, Agatha Award for Best Short Story Nominations Agatha Award for Best First Novel, Macavity Awards for Best Short Story Books Naked Came the Phoenix, Sing It to Her Bones, Unbreathed memories, Occasion of revenge, All Things Undying | ||
"Sing it to her Bones" by Marcia Talley (Review)
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.
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Early life, education and career
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 John Barry Talley. Talley has two daughters, Laura Geyer and Sarah Glass.
Talley studied French at Oberlin College and obtained her B.A. 1965. She was a librarian at Bryn Mawr School 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 in 1981. Later, Talley later worked for TeleSec Library Services, the American Bankers Association, the U.S. General Accounting Office and the U.S. Naval Academy Library.
Talley is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Authors Guild and the Crime Writers Association (UK). From 2009-2010 she served as national president of Sisters in Crime, Inc.