Marcia was born in
Cleveland, Ohio, 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. Talley studied French at
Oberlin College and obtained her B.A. in 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 in 1981. Later, Talley later worked for TeleSec Library Services, the
American Bankers Association, the U.S. General Accounting Office and the U.S. Naval Academy Library. Talley is a member of the
Mystery Writers of America,
Sisters in Crime,
Authors Guild and the Crime Writers Association (UK). From 2009-2010 she served as national president of Sisters in Crime, Inc. ==Awards==