Marsha Moyer is a successful American author, best known for her fiction work. She was born in Austin and spent her formative years in Bryan/College Station in central Texas. After graduating from Bryan High School, Moyer attended the University of Texas at Austin. She held a variety of jobs for the next 25 years, including secretary to two animal scientists in the field of swine management, newsletter editor at the Texas A&M computing center, and assistant to the late chemist Karl Folkers, who was renowned for his work in coenzyme Q-10 research.
Moyer's passion for writing fiction started in her childhood, and in 1990, she was awarded a three-month residency from the Syvenna Foundation for women writers in northeast Texas. In 2000, a portion of the original manuscript she began working on during her residency was chosen as the first-place winner in the mainstream division of the Austin Writers’ League manuscript competition. In May 2001, publisher William Morrow purchased the rights to her first novel, The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch, and its sequel, The Last of the Honky-tonk Angels. Sales to Random House Australia and Sony Magazines Japan followed.
In 2008 and 2009, Marsha published the third and fourth installments of the Lucy Hatch saga, Heartbreak Town and Return of the Stardust Cowgirl, with Three Rivers Press, an imprint of Crown Publishers. As of January 2008, Moyer returned to full-time employment with the State of Texas. She currently resides in Austin, where she enjoys hobbies such as napping, collecting vintage postcards, making beaded jewelry, and watching NASCAR in her free time.