Marion Hill is a mystery writer who publishes under the name Marion Moore Hill. She writes two series of novels: the Scrappy Librarian Mysteries (in which a tough but soft-hearted librarian solves murders in her small Oklahoma town) and the Deadly Past Mysteries (in which a young history buff solves current-day mysteries that revolve around events in the lives of various Founding Fathers.  Her website is www.marionmoorehill.net.

Marion is a member of several writer organizations, including Mystery Writers of America; Sisters in Crime (Tornado Alley chapter); and Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc. A podcast featuring an interview with her is available on Spotify or Apple Podcasts (search for Tornado Alley Mystery Writers) or at https://tornadoalleymysterywriters.buzzsprout.com. Marion currently has 7 mystery novels published, plus a few short stories.

She holds degrees from El Dorado (Kansas) Junior College (now Butler County Community College); Oklahoma Baptist University; and Stanford University. She has worked as a newspaper reporter, legal secretary, ad copywriter, and college English and journalism teacher. For several years, she and her husband owned an ethnic/gourmet grocery in Durant, OK.

Reading plays a huge part in Marion’s life. She was for 20 years a volunteer tutor with Durant Literacy Council, helping adults improve their reading skills. For a few years, she read stories aloud weekly to residents of Caddo Nursing Home in Caddo, OK. She is on the board of Donald W. Reynolds Community Center and Library in Durant, and is a founder and discussion leader for Book Talk, a monthly reading group sponsored by Friends of the Reynolds Library.

A friendship with Kate and Lee Ball, who taught in the English Department at Southeastern Oklahoma State University with Marion and her husband, Dr. Elbert Hill, made Marion aware of the difficulties dyslectic people encounter and of Kate’s involvement with teaching them. When Kate died, she left Marion notebooks describing her method, with the understanding that Marion would make the knowledge available to parents of dyslexic children and others who need it.

This website is Marion’s attempt to keep faith with her friend Kate and to continue Kate’s work of opening the world of reading to dyslexic people.  Marion is indebted for assistance on this website to three terrific women:  Laura Clark, who is dyslexic herself and who advised based on long experience of teaching by Kate’s method; Marla Loturco, whose expertise with websites and videos has been invaluable in creating this one; and Megan Hutchinson, whose skill with graphics and technology, and whose experience teaching by Kate’s method, have contributed immeasurably.