[1] Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario,[1] he grew up in the United States.
[2] He was educated at Queen's University in Kingston, where he received his MA in 1965, writing his thesis on poet A. M.
[1] Marshall was the author of numerous poetry collections and novels,[1] the poetry editor of Canadian Forum and the chief editor of Quarry.
[3] At the time of his death in 1993, Marshall had completed a final novel, The Adventures of John Montgomery.
[4] The Essential Tom Marshall, an anthology of his poetry compiled by David Helwig and Michael Ondaatje, was published in 2012.