Bonus picture: me, directly after receiving the offer of publication call while actively boarding a flight.

Next fall, something cozy this way comes…

I am overjoyed to announce that my traditionally published debut novel THE HENCHPERSON’S GUIDE TO UNIONIZING will be published by Bantam Books in Fall 2026!!

#debutauthor #cozyfantasybooks #cozyhorrorbooks #publishingannouncement

The publishing world is crazy small sometimes. Nothing like stepping into a random coffee shop while on vacation and immediately running into one of your @btaylorbooks.bsky.social agent siblings!

If you see this, post a vampire and pass it on 🧛‍♂️

I’m thrilled to announce that today is the release day for Enemy of the Empire, the third book in my Son of a Sailor series!! Captain Redbeard’s adventures continue as he searches for the legendary Valley of Gold alongside a band of unlikely allies. 🏴‍☠️

8. I have exactly one tattoo. It’s of the Southern Cross constellation, which was the name of my dad’s beloved fishing boat, named for the Crosby, Stills, & Nash song (by way of Jimmy Buffett). Growing up near the equator, I saw those stars every single night.

7. There’s no photographic evidence of this, but Kevin Hart once told me to my face that I wasn’t white.

(DNA testing later disproved this theory)

6. I reread the entirety of the Middle-Earth novels every year, doing one chapter a day starting in July with the Silmarillion then continuing into The Children of Hurin, The Hobbit, and LotR (beginning A Long-Expected Party on Sep. 22). I’ve done this for twelve years now.

4. Related to 3, I’ve had stitches in my face twice. Image flagged accordingly if you’d rather not see it.

3. I’m a professional Muay Thai & kickboxing instructor.

2. I once sold $1,000 of teapots to Jackie Chan.

1. I was born and (mostly) raised on Kwajalein, a 2-mile island in the Marshall Islands (thus my name).

Okay this one sounds fun. Mash that heart icon for Marshall backstory. One like = one piece of lore.

Hi. I'm Marshall, a writer in Atlanta, GA. About me:

• I've had 5 novels and 30+ short stories published 📚
• I’ve got a manuscript on sub 📖
• I was born & largely raised in the Marshall Islands 🇲🇭
• I love travel, reading, & cats 😸
• I'm a Muay Thai and kickboxing instructor 🥊