Alan Scribner, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Yale Law School, was an Assistant District Attorney in the office of Frank S. Hogan in New York County, and a criminal defense attorney. He is also an independent scholar of Ancient Rome and co-author of "Anni Ultimi: A Roman Stoic Guide to Retirement, Old Age and Death." He is the author of "Mars the Avenger," the first of the Judge Marcus Flavius Severus mysteries in Ancient Rome. He is retired and lives in New Hampshire.