About Marcie
Marcie began her career as a technical writer and corporate communications specialist at Tekelec, a pioneer in computer networking and telecommunications test systems in Calabasas, California. She then worked in employee communications at California Federal Bank in Los Angeles, and as senior editor at California Real Estate magazine, published by the California Association of Realtors, also in Los Angeles.
After several years of freelancing for real estate industry publications, Marcie was named managing editor of Inman News, an online real estate industry news service. At Inman, Marcie supervised a team of staff reporters, wrote breaking news stories and editorials, and reported from major industry conferences. Two of her Inman stories were cited in U.S. Congressional hearings on real estate industry matters. After three years at Inman, Marcie returned to freelancing for major newspapers and real estate and banking industry websites.
An accomplished speaker, Marcie has participated in and moderated panel discussions at Inman's Connect conference, the National Association of Real Estate Editors annual conferences, and the Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference.
In publishing, Marcie has written author profiles for Bookmarks magazine, essays for Writer Unboxed, and book reviews for Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and the Washington Independent Review of Books. She is an active member of the National Book Critics Circle.
Marcie earned a bachelor's degree in English at UCLA, graduating with high honors and becoming an invited member of Phi Beta Kappa, an academic honors society. She later earned an MBA at Pepperdine University. She also holds a Certificate in Corporate Communications from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Continuing her education at the UCLA Writers' Program, she completed more than a dozen advanced writing classes, including the nine-month "Master Class in Fiction."
In high school, Marcie participated in a nine-week work-study-travel program at the Meir Shfeyah Youth Village in northern Israel. In college, she completed a six-week travel-study program at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, England.
Originally from Los Angeles, Marcie now lives in Ventura, California.