Tracy Marsh

Background

About Tracy Marsh

Hailing from Adelaide, Tracy opened her own retail business at the age of 18. This spawned her first book, Touch of Nostalgia, which she wrote and self-published in 1984. Touch of Nostalgia, went on to become a bestseller with nearly copies sold. Since then Tracy has produced and sold more than three million copies of books and magazines in over twenty countries and in ten different languages. In 1990 Tracy moved to Sydney to form a joint venture with US-based Weldon Owen Publishing, producing a series of books for the international market, giving her extensive experience in international language rights. Tracy is proficient in all aspects of the publishing process, from research and product development, to writing and design, project management, financial management, basic contract and intellectual property laws, publicity, sales and marketing and more recently, digital publishing. Such varied experience and exposure over the past thirty years has given Tracy a unique knowledge of the publishing industry. In Tracy returned to Adelaide where she continues to publish books and periodicals and teach courses on publishing. For the past 15 years her focus and passion has been on the creation of quality educational publications for students and educators throughout Australia.