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Mary Marks


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Mary Marks became an award-winning quilter after an early retirement from her job in administration on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles. After twelve years of sewing twenty four/seven, she came up for a breath and started writing about some of the nearly one hundred quilts she’d created.

Then the writing bug bit her. She was off to the UCLA Extension Writer’s Program for classes. A love of reading mysteries led her to take a four-day mystery writing workshop where she discovered a new creative passion.

Her first novel, FORGET ME KNOT, was a finalist in the Malice Domestic Competition of 2011. Out of that success came the Martha Rose quilting mystery series.

In addition to her own writing, Mary reviews cozy mysteries for N ...more

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Average rating: 4.23 · 8,571 ratings · 1,080 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors
Forget Me Knot (A Quilting ...
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Knot In My Backyard (A Quil...
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Knot on Her Life (A Quiltin...
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Knot Ready for Murder (A Qu...
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Forget Me Knot Knot In My Backyard Gone But Knot Forgotten Something's Knot Kosher Knot What You Think Knot My Sister's Keeper Knot on Her Life
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“I’d been blessed with a Jewish figure: large bosoms and a smallish waist with abundant thighs and rear end.”
― Mary Marks, Forget Me Knot
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“Sorting through your fabric is like visiting old friends.”
― Mary Marks, Knot In My Backyard
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“He tried to force her to stop buying fabric for her quilts. "There's enough material in this house to last a lifetime." Without saying a word, Birdie went into their bedroom with a pair of scissors and cut squares out of his best shirts. After that she bought fabric whenever she wanted to.”
― Mary Marks, Forget Me Knot
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