Marcia Matthews
Publishing Credits: Hippieville, Xlibris, 2013. Take Back the Night, William Morrow, 1980, cited.
Fight Back, Cleis Press, 1981, co-author.
Marcia Matthews graduated cum laude from UNH with a degree in English journalism. She enjoys gardening, travel and video production. 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. Her pamphlet Pornography-License to Kill (New England Free Press, 1978) was anthologized in Fight Back (Cleis Press, Minneapolis, 1983).
Her works include:
Morgan's Way: Henry Morgan holds 17th Century Jamaica for England.
Boss of the Bayou: Jean Lafitte and his pirates help win the War of 1812.
Prides Crossing: Mary Brandegeee rivals art collectors Gardner and Frick in Edwardian times.
Gegenspion: a counterspy helps the Allies in WW II.
Currently facilitating a literary salon, she honed her speaking skills at Toastmasters International.
“Fame can't give you a hug. Fame can't keep you warm. The only way fame can keep you warm, is if you put all your publicity in a pile and burn it.”