Mark Ellis is a novelist who resides in Newport, RI with his wife, best-selling author Melissa Martin. Before becoming a full-time freelance writer in 1986, Ellis worked as a journalist, advertising copywriter and refrigeration engineer. In the mid-to-late 1980s he worked as the primary writer for Adventure Publications' line of comic magazines, scripting such diverse titles as Ninja Elite, Warriors, and Star Rangers, working with legendary comics artist Jim Mooney on the latter title. Ellis created and scripted the Death Hawk series that featured the first published full-length work of Adam H...