Marjorie McCown
Bio
Marjorie McCown has spent her entire professional life in the story-telling business, though she started out on the visual side of the craft. She began her career designing costumes for theater and opera companies all over the country, including the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center, before she moved to Los Angeles to work on feature films. She spent more than twenty-five years in Hollywood working as a key member of the costume design teams for a string of successful movies that includes Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, The Firm, A Bronx Tale, Wag the Dog, The Aviator, Hairspray, Angels and Demons, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and X-Men Days of Future Past. McCown has a BA in Theater from the University of Virginia and an AAS in Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. FINAL CUT (Crooked Lane Books), the first book in her Hollywood Mystery series featuring movie costumer Joey Jessop, is a murder mystery set behind the scenes in the film industry and was selected as an Amazon Editors’ Pick in the best Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense category. FINAL CUT was also included on the list of Favorite Books of 2023 by the Los Angeles Public Library blog. The second book in McCown’s Hollywood Mystery series, STAR STRUCK, also published by Crooked Lane Books, will be released May 7, 2024.
Awards
Amazon Editors’ Pick in the best Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense category. (FINAL CUT)
Included on the list of Favorite Books of 2023 by the Los Angeles Public Library blog. (FINAL CUT)
Publications
FINAL CUT/Hollywood Mystery Series Book #1
STAR STRUCK/Hollywood Mystery Series Book #2
Book Purchase Links
Amazon (FINAL CUT)
Amazon (STAR STRUCK)
Website & Social Media Links
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