Mark is a graduate of Indiana University with an undergraduate degree in history and a Masters degree in Secondary Education. He is the father of six children and grandfather of eleven grandchildren. Ed is retired from corporate America and consulting, and writes full time today. He is the author of several books; his latest in 2015 is FireFights of the Mind - When the Demons of War Follow You Home. He and his wife Gloria have been married for forty-five years and live on a peaceful mountainside in Montana. They have three children and four grandchildren.