Marty Holland

Born in Beaverdam, Ohio, Marty Holland began writing at age 12. After moving to Hollywood with her family, she landed a job as a script typist for the movie studios. Marty’s own work was soon recognized by movie mogul Otto Preminger, who snapped up her novel, Fallen Angel, and made it into a major motion picture. Known for her dark, hard-boiled writing, she again found cinematic success with The File on Thelma Jordan, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Wendell Corey. One of her last books, The Glass Heart, was made into a screenplay by James M. Cain. Years after Marty’s passing in 1971, her unpublished novel Baby Godiva was found. The original 400 page manuscript, type written on Marty’s old manual typewriter, was scanned into a computer and made ready for publishing. It is with abiding reverence we present Marty's last and finest work, Baby Godiva.