author

Marcia Kamien

b. 1933

A versatile writer who moved from 1950s science fiction into bestselling popular fiction, she brought a journalist’s eye for detail to stories about medicine, family, and everyday life. Her work ranges from pulp-era magazine stories to later novels published under the name Marcia Rose.

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And a little child

And a little child

by Marcia Kamien

About the author

Born in 1933, Marcia Kamien first appeared in science-fiction magazines in the 1950s, publishing short work in magazines such as Universe Science Fiction and Fantastic Universe. Reference sources also note that she later wrote romance and popular fiction as Marcia Rose.

Later book listings and jacket copy connect her with a long run of commercial fiction, including Hospital, Admissions, and Nurses. Those sources describe her as having worked for many years in a major New York City hospital, where she researched, designed, and wrote an award-winning magazine—experience that seems to have shaped the medical settings and practical detail in her fiction.

Columbia University also holds a Marcia Kamien collection, suggesting a substantial professional archive behind her published work. Taken together, the record shows an author with unusual range: from short speculative fiction to emotionally driven, research-based novels for a broad readership.