Marsh, Cassady: - Marsh Cassady wrote more than forty books, including novels, short story and drama collections, haiku, biography, and books on theatre and storytelling. His audio and stage plays have been widely performed (including off-Broadway), and he has written and recorded a class on storytelling.A former actor/director and university professor with a Ph.D. in theatre, Cassady has worked with over one hundred productions. He conducted an all-genre writing workshop in San Diego and taught various creative writing classes at UCSD and elsewhere. His writing won numerous regional and national awards.