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Marianne Wilski Strong is a writer and lecturer. She has published forty-five short stories in major mystery magazines such as Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, in anthologies, and has also published numerous professional articles. She has given numerous lectures on various topics, at various venues, including libraries, retirement communities, clubs and county and national organizations. She has taught nine courses for Road Scholar at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania, as well as courses on detective fiction, on ancient Greece and its literature, on the short story, and on classic American literature at retirement communities. She holds a BA in Literature from Misericordia University and an MA in Literature from the University of Maryland. She received the Faculty Teaching Award from Prince George's Community College in Maryland and the Professional Achievement Award from Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania.
Marianne has published a series of short stories set in ancient Greece, using her experience traveling in Greece, teaching and researching Greek literature and mythology.
The Lyre's Song - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July/August 2002
Death in an Olive Grove - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, April 2003
Death at Olympia - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July/August 2003
Death at the Festiival - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, March 2004
Death at the Theatre - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, November/December 2005
Death at the Port - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July/August 2005
Death at Delphi - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June 2006
Death in the Keramikos Cemetery - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June 2008
Death at Syracusa - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, October 2009
The Lyre's Song - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July/August 2002
Death in an Olive Grove - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, April 2003
Death at Olympia - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July/August 2003
Death at the Festiival - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, March 2004
Death at the Theatre - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, November/December 2005
Death at the Port - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July/August 2005
Death at Delphi - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June 2006
Death in the Keramikos Cemetery - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June 2008
Death at Syracusa - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, October 2009
A second series of mystery short stories is set in and around Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania where Marianne was born and raised. Her stories set in Northeastern Pennsylvania call upon its rich ethnic population and its coal producing days as essential background to the mystery.
Medusa in Mourning - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, December 1990
Blue Ice - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January 1993
The Shaft - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September 1993
The Shooters - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, September 1996
Wedding Blues - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 1997
The Flood - Mordsweiber (Anthology), Elefanten Press, Berlin 1998
Murder to Die For - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, April 1998
The Last Vigil - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, August 1999 (voted one of the ten favorites
of the year by readers)
Cabbages and Things - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July/August 2000
Fine for Littering - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, May 2001
The Honored Guest - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January 2001; reprinted in the anthology
Mystery: The Best of 2001, editor: Jon L. Breen, ibooks, July 2002
St. Casimir's Fire - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June 2007
Case Capped - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, April 2008
A Private Battle - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July/August 2008
Evil by Design - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, May 2009
Hard as a Rock - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June 2010
The Breaker -Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June, 2015.
Warsaw - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, December, 2015
The Second Storm - Storm Warning (An Anthology of mystery stories),
Wildside Press, 2016
Your Cheatin' Heart - Chesapeake Crimes: Fur, Feathers, and Felonies, Wildside Press, 2018
Medusa in Mourning - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, December 1990
Blue Ice - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January 1993
The Shaft - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September 1993
The Shooters - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, September 1996
Wedding Blues - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 1997
The Flood - Mordsweiber (Anthology), Elefanten Press, Berlin 1998
Murder to Die For - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, April 1998
The Last Vigil - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, August 1999 (voted one of the ten favorites
of the year by readers)
Cabbages and Things - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July/August 2000
Fine for Littering - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, May 2001
The Honored Guest - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January 2001; reprinted in the anthology
Mystery: The Best of 2001, editor: Jon L. Breen, ibooks, July 2002
St. Casimir's Fire - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June 2007
Case Capped - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, April 2008
A Private Battle - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July/August 2008
Evil by Design - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, May 2009
Hard as a Rock - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June 2010
The Breaker -Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June, 2015.
Warsaw - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, December, 2015
The Second Storm - Storm Warning (An Anthology of mystery stories),
Wildside Press, 2016
Your Cheatin' Heart - Chesapeake Crimes: Fur, Feathers, and Felonies, Wildside Press, 2018
Marianne has also published two additional series of mystery short stories. The first reflects
her interest in medieval art, architecture and literature.
Capitalizing on the many monasteries she has visited in both
Europe and the United States, Marianne features in this series
two characters:
Abbot Joseph and Brother Leo
My Heart's Abhorrence - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, December 2010
The Abbot and the Diamond - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Dec. 2012
The Abbot and the Ruby - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July,August 2014
The Abbot and the Garnets - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, May/June 2018
The second series, set in Cape May, New Jersey, features Amanda Gillman, a Cape May resident, who uses
the gothic and mystery stories of Louisa May Alcott to solve contemporary mysteries.
Louisa and the Silver Buckle - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, September 2016
Louisa and the Lighthouse -Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, January-February, 2018
Louisa and the Tunnel - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, March-April, 2019
Read Louisa May Alcott's story "Betrayed by a Buckle," with an introduction on Alcott by Marianne
Wilski Strong - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, September-October, 2018.
Marianne's story: "The Canaries in the Coal Mine," in A Murder of Crows, edited by Sandra Murphy, Darkhouse Publishers. This anthology focuses on mystery stories that feature animals. Marianne's story deals with canaries, thieves, lost money, and a mine tunnel. Available on Amazon, under title and editor.
Marianne's latest story "Accusing Agnes" appears in the January-February 2021 issue of the
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
Click on the link below to Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine to blog on the Louisa series.
her interest in medieval art, architecture and literature.
Capitalizing on the many monasteries she has visited in both
Europe and the United States, Marianne features in this series
two characters:
Abbot Joseph and Brother Leo
My Heart's Abhorrence - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, December 2010
The Abbot and the Diamond - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Dec. 2012
The Abbot and the Ruby - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July,August 2014
The Abbot and the Garnets - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, May/June 2018
The second series, set in Cape May, New Jersey, features Amanda Gillman, a Cape May resident, who uses
the gothic and mystery stories of Louisa May Alcott to solve contemporary mysteries.
Louisa and the Silver Buckle - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, September 2016
Louisa and the Lighthouse -Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, January-February, 2018
Louisa and the Tunnel - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, March-April, 2019
Read Louisa May Alcott's story "Betrayed by a Buckle," with an introduction on Alcott by Marianne
Wilski Strong - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, September-October, 2018.
Marianne's story: "The Canaries in the Coal Mine," in A Murder of Crows, edited by Sandra Murphy, Darkhouse Publishers. This anthology focuses on mystery stories that feature animals. Marianne's story deals with canaries, thieves, lost money, and a mine tunnel. Available on Amazon, under title and editor.
Marianne's latest story "Accusing Agnes" appears in the January-February 2021 issue of the
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
Click on the link below to Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine to blog on the Louisa series.
LINK: ALFRED HITCHCOCK MYSTERY MAGAZINE
Marianne has taught and lectured at various venues: Retirement Villages, Road Scholar, Maryland Statewide Lecture Series.
COURSES TAUGHT: LECTURES:
The History of Detective Fiction A Short History of Detective Fiction
The American Short Story Tragedy and Triumph: A Short History
Paris Revisited: American Writers in Paris of Coal Mining in Northeastern PA
The Immigrant Story through Literature Images of War in Literature
Classic American Novels Writing as Healing
The History of Writing and Books Poetry of World War I
The Greeks and Us: The Legacy of Ancient Greece Shakespeare's First Folio
Coal Mining Story Through Literature: Triumph and Tragedy The Gilded Age
Writing Your Story Hemingway in Cuba
Ancient Greek Theatre: Tragedy and Comedy
Foundations of Western Literature
American Writers in Paris
Rebels, Misfits, Revolutionaries in American short stories and poetry
Literature of the Gilded Age
Myths in American Literature from the West to the Lost Cause of the South
Writers and Their Settings: Hemingway, Steinbeck, Faulkner, Whitman, Wharton, Cather
Click on the link to The Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
and go to podcasts to hear Marianne reading the story "Death at Olympia," set at the
Olympic games in ancient Greece. You can also listen to the podcast of Marianne reading "Ice Cold Murder" a mystery set in Pennsylvania.