birth_place nationality notableworks birth_date genre article_title name occupation
syracuse , new york , u.s. american '' '' a murder of mages '' -lrb- 2015 -rrb- the thorn of dentonhill '' -lrb- 2015 -rrb- 31 march 1973 fantasy marshall ryan maresca
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marshall ryan maresca

marshall ryan maresca is an american fantasy author , best known for the maradaine and maradaine constabulary series of novels .
he grew up in upstate new york , studied film production at penn state .
he currently lives in austin , texas .
his first novel , `` the thorn of dentonhill '' , was purchased by daw books in january 2014 and published in february 2015 .
