Marion L. Starkey
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Marion Lena Starkey (born April 13, 1901, in Worcester, Massachusetts, died December 18, 1992 in Saugus, Massachusetts) is the author of a number of history books. After working as an editor and an English professor, she became a full time writer. She began writing as a child, but did not take up writing full time for many years. Her books include: The Tall Man from Boston, The Visionary Girls: Witchcraft in Salem Village, Cherokee Nation, Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Inquiry into the Salem Witch Trials, and The First Plantation: A History of Hampton and Elizabeth City County, Virginia, 1607-1887.