Dear Friends and Readers,

Thank you for visiting my website. If you found your way here because you read one of my books, thanks for that, too.

I’m excited to announce my newest novel, Trudy’s Promise, (titled West of the Wall in the U.K.). The official “on sale” date for Trudy’s Promise is February 26, 2008. Set mostly in Berlin during 1963, it’s the story of a young mother who is separated from her baby by the Berlin Wall. I worked on this manuscript for years, on and off, ever since my first visit to the Wall in the 1970s. It’s the first book I’ve done with a foreign setting, and that’s quite a challenge. On the Marcia’s Novels link (in left margin), you’ll find a brief video about the background of this story, and also an excerpt from chapter one.

I started my career as a novelist in the mystery/suspense field, writing as M.K. Preston, but for several years I've been concentrating on general fiction. My suspense novel, Song of the Bones, won the 2004 Mary Higgins Clark Award. In 2006, my first mainstream novel, The Butterfly House, hit number one on the HeatSeekers list for debut fiction in Great Britain and it continues to sell in both the U.S. and overseas. It’s a thrill to think of so many people “across the Pond” reading my work.

Please look around the website, explore the links, and feel free to drop me a note by e-mail. I’d love to hear from you.