Marcia TalleyтАЩs first Hannah Ives novel,┬аSing It to Her Bones, won the Malice Domestic Grant in 1998 and was nominated for an Agatha Award as Best First Novel of 1999.┬аUnbreathed Memories, the second in the series, appeared in 2000. Both were featured alternates of the Mystery Guild. She is also the editor of a collaborative serial novel,┬аNaked Came the Phoenix, where she joined with twelve bestselling women authors to pen a tongue-in-cheek mystery about murder in an exclusive health spa. Her short stories have appeared in magazines and collections.┬аTalley lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with her husband, Barry, a professor at the US Naval Academy. When she isnтАЩt writing, she spends her time traveling or sailing.