Marshall Ryan Maresca

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Marshall Ryan Maresca
Born (1973-03-31) March 31, 1973 (age 51)
Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Occupation Novelist
Alma mater Pennsylvania State University
Genre Fantasy
Notable worksThe Thorn of Dentonhill (2015)
A Murder of Mages (2015)
The Holver Alley Crew (2017)
The Velocity of Revolution (2021)
Website
mrmaresca.com

Marshall Ryan Maresca (born March 31, 1973) is an American fantasy author, best known for the multiple series of Maradaine novels, consisting of four different series set in the same fantastical city. He grew up in upstate New York, studied film production at Penn State. He currently lives in Austin, Texas. [1]

Contents

His debut novel, The Thorn of Dentonhill, was nominated for the Compton Crook Award. [2]

Life and career

In addition to being a writer, Maresca works with his wife, an independent Spanish teacher in Austin, Texas. [3] He has also been a stage actor, a theatrical director and an amateur chef. [1] He states that as an actor, he mostly played minor roles, which he attributes to helping him understand the motivations and point of view of his different characters. [4] He has also written several plays produced in the Austin area, including Slow Night at McLaughlin’s [5] and Entropy.

Maresca has named among his influences Zilpha Keatley Snyder, David Eddings and Isaac Asimov. [6]

Maresca is also the co-host of the podcast Worldbuilding for Masochists with Rowenna Miller and Cass Morris. [7] It has been a finalist twice for the Hugo Award for Best Fancast.

Bibliography [8]

MARADAINE UNIVERSE

Thorn of Maradaine Novels

The Maradaine Constabulary

The Streets of Maradaine

The Maradaine Elite

An Unintended Voyage, DAW Books (2021)

The Mystical Murders of Yin Mara, Artemisia Books (2022) [20]


Other Novels

The Velocity of Revolution, DAW Books (2021) [21]


Short Stories

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