The Desert Nights, Rising Stars
Writers Conference

Jeffrey Marshall is a writer and retired journalist and the author of four books, including the suspense novel Undetected and Little Miss Sure Shot, a historical novel about the life of Annie Oakley. He moved to Arizona in 2008 from New Jersey after spending 35 years as a writer and editor, much of that in financial journalism, and was editor-in-chief of two national business magazines. During his career, he was a winner or co-winner of numerous magazine awards for writing and design, and was part of an investigative team nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for stories about municipal corruption in New Jersey.

Marshall has also freelanced widely to publications, including The New York Times, New Jersey Monthly and High Country News, and continues to write for environmental and fishing publications. He is an active environmentalist and currently serves on two national boards of Trout Unlimited. Marshall also recently completed a six-year stint on the board of the Desert Foothills Land Trust in Carefree, AZ. He has a bachelor’s degree from Princeton and a master’s in journalism from Northwestern. He lives in Scottsdale, AZ, with his wife, Judy, and their dogs Maggie and Blaze.