Virginia DeMarce

Virginia Easley DeMarce (born 28 November 1940) is a historian who specializes in early modern European history, as well as a prominent New York Times Best Selling author[1] in the 1632 series collaborative fiction project. She has done prominent genealogical work on the origins of the Melungeon peoples.

Biography

DeMarce received her Ph.D. in early modern European history from Stanford University in 1967, with a dissertation in German administrative history during the time of the 1525 German Peasants' War.[2] She taught at the college level for fifteen years, at Northwest Missouri State University and George Mason University and published a book on German military settlers in Canada after the American Revolution.

In 1988-89 she served as president of the National Genealogical Society, an interest she came to professionally in social history and demographic history tracing small group migrations.[3] After several years on the staff of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, she took a position with the Office of Federal Acknowledgment, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior,[4] from which she retired in 2004.

DeMarce continues to live in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband of 43 years (deceased in 2010), who was Director of Coal Mine Workers Compensation Programs at the U.S. Department of Labor. She spends most of her time tending to her crops that have been scorched by the droughts in recent summer seasons. They have three grown children and five grandchildren.

Published works

In addition to scholarly work on Early Modern Europe, genealogy, The Melungeons, and bibliographic work in early US history, DeMarce has written or co-authored a number of formative short stories and novels in the 1632 series collaborative fiction project. She is one of the principal controlling parties of the collaboration, and a member of the 1632 Editorial Board. In these positions, she helps select likely stories for the project and manages the 1632 canon, common shared resources, and integration between authors.

She began writing fiction upon the request of participants in the 1632 Tech forum at Baen's Bar, where she had contributed technical input and assistance. Her first fiction contribution to the project was the short story "Biting Time", which she wrote with great reluctance under much pressure.

As of 2014, all four of her long fiction were listed on various best selling book lists. In particular, 1634: The Bavarian Crisis was listed on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover fiction for one week in October 2007.[1] All four were Locus (magazine) Hardcovers Bestsellers.[5][6][7][8][9]

Short fiction

Long fiction

Genealogical and historical research

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "Hardcover Fiction". New York Times. October 21, 2007.
  2. ↑ DeMarce, Virginia E. (1967). The official career of Georg III Truchsess von Waldburg : a study in the administration of religious policy by a catholic government during the first years of the Reformation (Thesis). Stanford University. OCLC 315520336.
  3. ↑ Wilcox, Shirley Langdon (October 31, 2003). "The National Genealogical Society: A Look at Its First One Hundred Years" (PDF). National Genealogical Society. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  4. ↑ Libby, Sam (20 August 2000). "U.S. Officials Questioned Over Tribal Recognition". New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2007.
  5. ↑ "Locus Bestsellers, January 2008". Locus (magazine). January 2008.
  6. ↑ "Locus Bestsellers, July 2006". Locus (magazine). July 2006.
  7. ↑ "Locus Bestsellers, August 2006". Locus (magazine). August 2006.
  8. ↑ "Locus Bestsellers, March 2009". Locus (magazine). March 2009.
  9. ↑ "Locus Bestsellers, March 2010". Locus (magazine). March 2010.

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