Writing is my business and my pleasure. I'm the founder and president of CorporateHistory.net. We create anniversary books and other materials for corporate clients. I write books and poetry, and I lead various kinds of writing workshops. My birthplace and lifelong home base is northern New Jersey, near New York City.

Strengths

Interviews, research, a knack for shaping masses of material into a readable narrative, editorial patience

Corporate Histories (Author and/or Publisher)

• Advance Auto Parts (75th anniversary print and Web materials)
• Annin & Co., America's oldest flag maker — archiving and history book for family owners
• A. W. Hastings: An Illustrated History
• Clinton County ARC: Past & Present
• The Clorox Company (100th anniversary book, in progress)
• Dominion's First Century: A Legacy of Service
• Flying High Again: PARC's Redevelopment of Plattsburgh Air Force Base (DVD and book)
• Making Things Work: PSEG's First Century
• M.C. Dean, Inc. (60th anniversary event materials and a DVD created with CorporateHistory.net's Emmy Award-winning video partner)
• Melwood: A Story of Empowerment
• Northwest Community Hospital (50th anniversary book)
• The Pep Boys: A Company History
• Soap in the Veins: 50 Years at Dempsey Uniform & Linen Company
• A Wealth of History: 150 Years with Phoenix

Trade and Educational Books

• The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin)
• Great Courtroom Lawyers (Facts On File)
• Zap! A Brief History of TV (Four Winds Press/Macmillan)
• Operation Grizzly Bear (Four Winds Press/Macmillan)
• Tracking Wildlife with Frank Craighead (Pearson Education)
• Bikes: The World's Most Efficient Traveling Machines (Pearson Education)

Awards

• Apex Grand Award in custom publishing (highest honor) for Dominion's First Century and Soap in the Veins
• Apex Award of Excellence for A.W. Hastings; Flying High Again; and Melwood: A Story of Empowerment 
• IABC Gold Quill Award National Finalist for Flying High Again and Dominion's First Century (Division: Communication/Creative; Category: Publication Design)
• IABC Iris Award (NJ chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators) for Making Things Work: PSEG's First Century
• The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party — California Library Association Beatty Award, Virginia Library Association Jefferson Cup Award (Honor Book), ALA Notable Book and Booklist Editor's Choice, New York Public Library Top 100 List

Background

Before branching out as a book author and custom publisher, I worked in New York City as a writer, editor, and promotion director at Dell Publishing, New American Library, and Learning Corporation of America (a wonderful film company now sadly gone)

Clients (Partial List)

• Publishing: Amacom Books, Facts On File, Pearson Education, McGraw-Hill, Random House, Wiley
• Financial Services: Citibank, Credit Union National Association, Goldman Sachs, The Phoenix Companies
• Travel: American Express, Crystal Cruises, Cunard, Meyer Marketing, Seabourn
• Corporate: American Management Association, Moretrench, Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G), and all of CorporateHistory.net's clients
• Not-for-Profit: Advocacy and Resource Center of Clinton County, New York; Columbia University; County College of Morris (NJ); Melwood; PARC (Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corporation)

Education

B.A., Rutgers College (English major, theater minor, the first woman admitted to what had been an all-male college for 206 years). Post B.A. Paralegal Studies diploma, FDU

Marian's Top 3

Writers: 
E. B. White, Laurie Colwin, Athol Fugard 

Musicians: 
Bill Evans, Steely Dan, Dave Frank 

Art Forms: 
Jazz piano, classic Broadway musicals, biographies

Photo credits: The portrait photos of Marian throughout this site are by Maggie McGill Photography, Rutherford, NJ. The fresco on the home page is "Saffo da Pompei," held at the Archaeological Museum in Naples, Italy.

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