Marley Brant has been employed in the entertainment industry as a biographical writer, publicist, music and television producer and artist development executive. She has appeared as an interview subject on A&E's "Biography", "Good Day Atlanta" and several other television and radio programs.  Marley's books have been used as the primary research resource for programs aired by A&E, VH1, CMT, TBS, and The History Channel and her work has been reviewed in the New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, the Los Angeles Times.

Marley's entertainment affiliations are extensive and she has worked with a wide variety of actors, directors, and music artists, as well as numerous television, radio and film productions.  After working with the managers of musicians Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Warren Zevon, Marley was appointment Assistant National Director of Artist Development and Publicity/Artist Relations and Tour Coordination with the newly independent and fast-growing international record company, Chrysalis Records.  While at Chrysalis, she was involved with the development, publicity and national tours of such acts as Jethro Tull, Robin Trower, UFO, Steve Hackett, Leo Kottke, Split Enz, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Leo Sayer, Steeleye Span, Blondie, The Babys, Rory Gallagher, Nick Gilder, and the Frankie Miller Band.

Deciding to focus on a career in writing, Marley took the position of Director of Publicity and Public Relations for major radio syndicator Watermark, Inc., where she worked closely with the radio programs "American  Top 40 with Casey Kasem", "American Country Countdown", "Alien Worlds" and "The Robert W. Morgan Special of the Week".

Desiring to expand into television, Marley's next position was as assistant to the National Director of Publicity for Paramount Television.  She worked with the casts and crews of Paramount's stellar programs Happy Days, Mork & Mindy, Laverne & Shirley, Taxi, Bosom Buddies, Bad News Bears and The Associates, among others. One of her opportunities was working with NBC-TV and author James Clavell for Paramount's presentation of the groundbreaking mini-series "Shogun".

Entering into the multi-media world of major international publicity firm ICPR, Marley was involved in the media presentations of features such as "Rich and Famous", "Taps", All the Marbles", "Stripes", "Clash of the Titans", "Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder" and "Missing". She worked closely with the producers of the mini-series "Marco Polo", "Peter and Paul" and "The Marva Collins Story". Always anxious to work with music personalities, Marley was appointed executive in charge of the television programs Fame, Solid Gold, The Tom Jones Show, and Country Comes Home.  She was involved in the corporate accounts of Motown Productions, Youngstreet Program Services, Viacom Enterprises, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Proctor & Gamble and several individual celebrity personalities.

Marley decided to work free-lance in 1982, and authored numerous magazine articles, edited album packages, wrote and edited music artist presentations, artist biographies, press kits and liner notes. In 1982, Marley co-produced the album "Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels, Live 1973" which resulted in a Grammy nomination in the category of "Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" for Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris.  In 1993, Marley served as Co-creator, Associate Producer and Historical Consultant on "Outlaws, rebels & Rogues" the first installment of Turner Broadcasting System's three-night television series "The Untold West".

Marley is an Honorary Kentucky Colonel, voting member of N.A.R.A.S. and now a full-time biographer.

Write to Marley at: marley@marleybrant.com