Marcus Mastin is an American writer and author of the "Carthage Chronicles" mystery series based in Upstate New York. Marcus was born in Carthage, New York in 1975, and is the youngest of six children. He grew up in a rural, wooded vicinity five miles outside of Carthage and has lived in the surrounding area most of his life. Mr. Mastin has been a stay-at-home dad for his son and daughter for over eight years as well as working in a daycare center during several of those years. He currently resides in Watertown, NY with his wife, Christina, and their two children, Sebastian and Alana-Raven. Ja...