Marcia K. Matthews graduated from the University of New Hampshire with an honors degree in English journalism. She enjoys gardening and travel. Her poems have appeared in Hawaii Review; Sojourner; and A Wise Woman's Garden; journalism in The Belmont Citizen-Herald; The TAB; Equal Times; and Newburyport Daily News. Pornography-License to Kill (New England Free Press, 1978) was anthologized in Fight Back (Cleis Press, Minneapolis, 1983). Member ISA.

Publishing Credits:

Hippieville, Xlibris, 2001.
Take Back the Night, William Morrow, 1980, cited.
Fight Back, Cleis Press, 1981, co-author.

Novels:

Morgan’s Way: Henry Morgan fights the Spaniards to hold 17th Century Jamaica for England.

The Liberty Boys: Maid Dacey Flynn joins the Patriots of Savannah and ships aboard with Oliver Bowen.

Boss of the Bayou: Jean Lafitte and his pirates help win the War of 1812.

Winner Take All: The spirit of an African captive curses the family of the slave-trader who killed her. Generations later, Betty Colt inherits a deserted mansion in Rhode Island. Are her forebears haunting the mansion, or are they the ones being haunted?

Prides Crossing: Mary Brandegee rivals art collectors Gardner and Frick in Edwardian New England.

Gegenspion/Counterspy: A German prince helps the Allies as a code-breaker in WW II.

Hippieville: Bad boy reforms for love. A rock god crashes from his pedestal when the innocent young girl he victimized turns the tables.

Screenplays:

Escape from Marseille: Heroic American Varian Fry spirits the artists, writers, and enemies of the Reich out of Vichy France as the Nazis close in.

Amazone: A female general and a financier work to contain a terrorist, overthrow a dictator, and establish a country where women rule.

Door of Hope: A woman takes refuge at a mission in Shanghai in 1937. Along with an American pilot, she rescues the orphans of the refuge.

Performance Fee: $25
Workshop Fee: $30

Testimonials:

"Matthews delivers a tale that grips throughout...What held my attention throughout was the empathy Matthews creates for us in the lead characters. Once attached to them and their plight, there was no chance I was going to put Hippieille down before I knew the story's resolution."-Greg Moberg

"Matthews transports us back to the '60's with her vivid details and descriptions of characters, which includes the underrepresented minorities in literature. This story was one I did not want to end."-Mary Miller

"Vivid descriptions, good plot with unexpected outcomes. Highly recommended!"-Lisa Dillon Arsenault

Travel: CT, MA, ME, NH, RI

Audience: Teens, Adults

Genre: Historical Tales