User:Marlys Styne

Marlys Marshall Styne lives in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, where she enjoys writing, reading, opera, theater, and travel. Born in Whitewater, Wisconsin, she graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and earned a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul.

After teaching for two years at West Virginia University, she accumulated additional academic credits at various universities and taught in the English Department of Wilbur Wright College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, for forty years. She was department chair for seven years and Wright's Distinguished Service Professor for 1995-96. She retired in 1999, but also taught part time for several years.

Ms. Styne was married for nearly thirty years to Julian H. (Jules) Styne, who retired in 1992 after twenty-two years as a Deputy U.S. Marshal. He was an avid motorcyclist, and the Stynes traveled throughout the United States and Europe by motorcycle. They also traveled to many countries by more conventional means. Jules died in 2000 of pancreatic cancer.

Finding herself retired, widowed, childless, and depressed, Ms. Styne set out to reinvent herself through writing, something she had always been afraid to try (except for a few teaching-related academic articles). Her first book, Reinventing Myself: Memoirs of a Retired Professor, was published in May, 2006, by Infinity Publishing.

Marlys Styne is now a member of the Illinois Woman's Press Association, the Authors Marketing Group, and the Story Circle Network, and a volunteer at the Chicago Cultural Center. She continues to travel, and completed her quest to visit all seven continents by 2005.

--Author of &quot;Reinventing Myself: Memoirs of a Retired Professor&quot; 12:06, 30 August 2006 (UTC)