 Married to journalist-author Ben Hecht from 1915 to 1925.Marie Hecht published several volumes of poetry in the 1920s and created or adapted some Broadway plays in the 1920s and 1930s.Under a later married name, Marie Essipoff, she produced a number of books in the 1950s emphasizing economical cooking with new techniques, including "Making the Most of Your Food Freezer".