Marshall J. Cook is Professor emeritus, Division of Continuing Studies,University of Wisconsin-Madison and is the author of 30 books, including: Freeing Your Creativity: A Writer’s Guide (Writer’s Digest Books, 1991.); The Year of the Buffalo: A Novel of Love and Minor League Baseball (Savage Press, 1997); Pack Your Bags: Baseball’s Trade Secrets (with Jack Walsh, Masters Press, 1998); Off Season: a novel of love, faith, and minor league baseball (Savage Press, 2002); Murder Over Easy: a Mo Quinn Mystery (Bleak House Press, 2003); Obsessions, a Mo Quinn Mystery (Bleak House Books,2008) and Give ‘em What They Want: The Right Way to Pitch Your Novel to Editors and Agents (with Blythe Camenson, Writer’s Digest Books, 2005).
Marshall edits Extra Innings, a newsletter for writers. He has published articles and short stories in hundreds of regional and national magazines, including Editor and Publisher, U.S. Catholic, Law and Order, Toastmaster, World Executive Digest, The American Legion Magazine, Working Mother, Quarry West, and Ascent. He is a columnist for The Perspiring Writer, an online
magazine for writers.
Marshall is a Professor emeritus, Division of Continuing Studies,University of Wisconsin-Madison and holds his BA in creative writing and his MA in communications from Stanford University. He has been married to Ellen since 1968, and they have one son, Jeremiah, who is married to the former Kimberly Zunker. When not writing or teaching, Marshall likes to read,exercise, listen to old time radio shows, and talk back to the television (not all at the same time). He is a passionate minor league baseball fan, drives the back roads, and eats in small town cafes.