Phoebe's Glass Eye

Marla Martin Hanley’s Midwestern ancestors settled in Oklahoma and Indian Territories in the decade before they merged as the Union’s 46th state in 1907.  Her family’s worklife centered on wheat, cattle, chickens, machines, oil, sewing, canning, stenography, bookkeeping, and photography.

Born in Bartlesville and raised on a farm originally part of the Cherokee Nation, Marla became a social worker, then teacher, retiring as an associate professor and academic dean at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She continues teaching and research in voluntary positions, and pursuing her childhood dream of creative writing.

This is her first novel. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, Michael, grateful to be settled near both their daughters, one son-in-law, two granddaughters, and an aging poodle named Jonah.