Marlys Beider was born and raised in Hannover, Germany. She currently resides in Chicago and Tucson and recently completed her fourth novel.

In 2010 Marlys finished a 550-page personal family history book titled “FORWARD TO THE PAST – Memoirs, Anecdotes, and Bio Reflections.” She also wrote four illustrated children’s books titled “The Secret Behind the Black Hole”, “All Aboard”, “The Mystery of the Tarnkapp Planet” and “My Third Birthday and the Playground of Dreams.”