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Martha Marks

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Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, Historical Fiction

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Martha is the Readers' Favorite and Global Book Awards Gold Medal award-winning and top-selling author of BETTING ON BERNIE, A MEMOIR OF A MARRIAGE, plus three novels: RUBIES OF THE VIPER, THE VIPER AMULET and THE RUBY RING ...more

The process of writing a trio of chronologically sequenced, scrupulously accurate historical novels presents a combination of challenges that are not present when an author tackles “pure history” or “pure fiction” or even a single-volume story.

This post touches on four major challenges that I encountered in writing my Ruby-Viper Trilogy.

My first challenge was to convey three things as correctl

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Martha Marks’s books

Average rating: 3.86 · 425 ratings · 107 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rubies of the Viper 3.61 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betting on Bernie: A Memoir of a Marriage 4.62 avg rating — 81 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Viper Amulet: The Sequel to Rubies of the Viper (The Ruby-Viper Trilogy Book 2) 4.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ruby Ring: The Sequel to The Viper Amulet (The Ruby-Viper Trilogy Book 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Martha Marks wrote a new blog post Precious Poppaea Poppaea Sabina lived her life as a patrician Roman woman on a top-tier stage in the middle decades of the first century A.D. For an author researchi Read more of this blog post »
Nov 11, 2025 07:31PM · like
Martha Marks liked Ashley's review of Betting on Bernie: A Memoir of a Marriage: "This book is a beautiful and heartbreaking story and tribute to Bernie and Martha Marks life together. Martha takes us through their life together, which against all odds, remained to be woven with joy, even in the face of hardship and failing health" Read more of this review »
Sep 26, 2024 11:31AM · see review
Martha Marks liked Misty Knapp's review of Betting on Bernie: A Memoir of a Marriage: "In Betting on Bernie, we meet Bernie, a non-practicing Jew, and Martha, his "Kid," a Catholic girl who were introduced to each other via friends. It was a relationship that no one thought would go anywhere past that first date. But Bernie and Martha " Read more of this review »
Jul 19, 2024 10:51AM · see review
Martha Marks entered a giveaway Sisters of Fortune by Anna Lee Huber (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Martha Marks made a comment on Jenna’s review of Betting on Bernie: A Memoir of a Marriage " Thank you for your lovely review. I really do appreciate it! "
Jul 08, 2024 01:50PM · see review
Martha Marks liked Jenna's review of Betting on Bernie: A Memoir of a Marriage: "This book was amazing. I won this in a Goodreads giveaway, and I don’t think I’ve ever been so grateful to win a book. This is the story of love, loss, heartache, and friendship. It is the story of life. If you ever find yourself getting frustrated w" Read more of this review »
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Martha Marks rated a book it was amazing Flights of Treason (Tesha, #4) by Judith Starkston (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The characters in FLIGHTS OF TREASON are nicely developed, the historical period is well researched, the plot's intriguing and the writing impeccable. But what most appealed to me throughout this fantastical book and the three that preceded it was Ju ...more
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Martha Marks made a comment on Abbi’s review of Betting on Bernie: A Memoir of a Marriage " ago I'm pleased that you won a copy of my book through the #GoodreadsGiveaways program and that you found it worth reading. And yes, cats (and dogs, to ...more "
Mar 26, 2024 12:37AM · see review
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Martha Marks made a comment on Dorothy Timm’s review of Betting on Bernie: A Memoir of a Marriage " Thank you, Dorothy, for reading and reviewing BETTING ON BERNIE. I'm glad my story resonated so well with you. As you say, the ending is sad, but the ...more "
Jan 27, 2024 02:48PM · see review

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