Marion Field trained as a teacher, took an Open University degree and finished her teaching career early as Head of English. Over the years she has had many articles published in numerous magazines. While she was still teaching, she wrote a number of books which she duly sent off to publishers. Each time they returned like homing pigeons! After taking early retirement, she sent her autobiography, Don't Call Me Sister! to twenty publishers with the same result. Discouraged, she decided to self-publish it. She sold the thousand copies she had had printed and made a small profit. But the cherry on the cake was when she won the David Thomas award for the best non-fiction book self-published that year! As a result, a 'real' publisher took her second book, reprinted her autobiography and then published two more biographies. To date, Marion has had fourteen books published. She still finds it hard to believe. As well as biography, she has written local history and  Improving your Written English, Improving your Punctuation and Grammar and The Writer's Guide to Research for the publisher HowToBooks. She is currently working on her fifteenth book. As well as writing, she is an experienced speaker who enjoys talking to a variety of groups and ages. She has spoken to Writers' Circles, Women's Institutes, Townswomen's Guilds The Rotary Club, the Soroptomists and the Inner Wheel. She has also spoken in schools, to Church Groups and has run writing workshops. Buy Now from Amazon MARION FIELD HOME HISTORY COUNCIL MEMBERS MEMBER PROFILES MEMBER NEWS SOCIETY NEWS NATIONAL EVENTS COMPETITIONS REGIONAL GROUPS REGIONAL EVENTS OVERSEAS SECTION MEMBERSHIP FEES JOINING CRITIQUES WELFARE LINKS  Back to Member Index Buy Now from Amazon Buy Now from Amazon Buy Now from Amazon