Marcia Schuyler was published in February 1908 by J. B. Lippincott Company and became her first big success as an author. Marcia Schuyler's story of a substitute bride comes from the pages of Livingston family history. A friend of Grace's suggested that she write a period novel and her family shared a bit of the bride's tale, which intrigued her. She made a visit to her 99-year-old aunt's home in New York to learn more about it.