Born and raised in Toronto, Arlene F. Marks found her muse at the age of 6 and has been writing and sharing her stories ever since. Her dual passions are teaching and writing, and she has indulged them both liberally over the years, chalking up numerous professional writing and editing credits in both fiction and nonfiction fields between stints in the high school classroom. Most recently, she is the author of From First Word to Last: The Craft of Writing Popular Fiction (2013, Legacy Books Press) and the LITERACY: MADE FOR ALL series (2014, Rowman & Littlefield Education) as well as The Accid...