Marva was born in Eugene, Oregon. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in Technical Communications. She spent the next umpteen years working as a technical writer and programmer/analyst. In 2005, she gave up all that glamour for the solitary life of a fiction writer.
She has a dear husband, Jack, who supports her attempt at this new career. Two sons have wandered off to other parts of the country; one in Seattle and the other in Florida. Fortunately, neither one shows any sign of boomeranging back home again.
She has dabbled in a variety of genres looking for the best fit. Since she has published fantasy, science fiction, romance, literary, childrens’, and historical, she’ll keep dabbling.
In the fantasy realm, she has a series of chapbooks being published by Sam's Dot Publishing. The first of the Cadida's Adventures, "Cadida and the Djinn," was released in December 2006. The second chapbook, "Cadida and the Cave Demon," came out in June 2007. In 2008, all seven of the Cadida tales will be published together in one volume titled "The Seven Adventures of Cadida." Also in 2008, the science fiction novella, "First Duty," will be published. Both by Sam's Dot Publishing.
Her big project is putting together twenty-some stories based on her father's boyhood growing up in West Texas. "Tales of a Texas Boy," is now available from Lulu.com and directly from me (save the shipping!). It's a project near and dear to her heart. Every new "Eddie" story she writes is a tribute to her father. Not the best father, nor was she the best child, but there is a connection between her and the old man that brings out the best writing from her.