Background
Marcia was born April 12, 1943, in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of COL Thomas Chester Dutton, a career United States. Marine Corps officer, and Lois Elizabeth Tuckerman Dutton, a registered nurse
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Marcia Talley
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Oberlin College.
Career
A former librarian, she took early retirement in 2000 to write full-time. Talley has two daughters, Laura Geyer and Sarah Glass. Talley studied French at Oberlin College and obtained her Bachelor of Arts 1965.
She was a librarian at Bryn Mawr School from 1968-1971.
She then worked as a cataloguer at Saint 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 United States. General Accounting Office and the United States. Naval Academy Library. From 2009-2010 she served as national president of Sisters in Crime, Incorporated.
Achievements
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Romantic Times Reviewers Choice, 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.
Membership
Talley is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Authors Guild and the Crime Writers Association (United Kingdom).
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American
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Awards
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Anthony Award; Agatha Award Romantic Times Reviewers Choice , 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 The Agatha , named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the cozy mystery subgenre (i.e. closed setting, no sex or violence, amateur detective).; The Anthony are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986.Anthony Award; Agatha Award Romantic Times Reviewers Choice , 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 The Agatha , named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the cozy mystery subgenre (i.e. closed setting, no sex or violence, amateur detective).; The Anthony are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986.