Marcia Talley

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Marcia Talley (12 April 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, MD and an antique sailboat in the Bahamas.

Marcia was born April 12, 1943, in Cleveland, OH, 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.

EDUCATION Oberlin College, B.A. (French), 1965; University of Maryland, MLS, 1981.

CAREER Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, MD, Librarian, K-4, 1968-71; Saint Johns College, Annapolis, MD, Cataloger, 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.

MEMBERSHIP Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Maryland Writers Association.

LITERARY AGENT Vicky Bijur Literary Agency, 333 West End Ave, 5-B, New York, NY 10023

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[edit] Awards and nominations

  • Malice Domestic Grant, Best Unpublished Novel, 1998 (Sing It to Her Bones);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).

[edit] Works

[edit] 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 forthcoming)

[edit] 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).

[edit] 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.

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