Marcia Talley is an American
mystery
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novelist, author of the Hannah Ives mystery series, two
collaborative novels
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, 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
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, 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
John Barry Talley (born July 22, 1943 ) was a musical director at the United States Naval Academy.
Early life and education
Talley grew up on a farm near Princeton, Kentucky. While attending high school, he studied piano at Bethel College and u ...
.
Talley studied French at
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational liberal arts college in the United S ...
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
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in 1981. Later, Talley later worked for TeleSec Library Services, the
American Bankers Association
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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
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The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday.
It presents the Edgar Award ...
,
Sisters in Crime,
Authors Guild
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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
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* 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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20th-century American novelists
20th-century American short story writers
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American short story writers
21st-century American women writers
Agatha Award winners
American Bankers Association
American mystery writers
American women novelists
American women short story writers
Anthony Award winners
Living people
Oberlin College alumni
University of Maryland, College Park alumni
Women mystery writers
Writers from Annapolis, Maryland
Writers from Cleveland
Novelists from Maryland
Novelists from Ohio
Bryn Mawr School people
Year of birth missing (living people)