Marc FountainMarc Fountain has been a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (scbwi.org) since 2016, and a member of the organization for crime writers SistersInCrime.org since 2015, during which time he served for two years as co-Presient of SinC's North Carolina Triad chapter. A career technical writer nearing 5000 pages of printed and online documentation across dozens of industries, he is also a full-stack programmer with an MBA who begins each contract interview by asking the interviewer what the business objective is.So why did he write an introductory book about heraldry? "Not quite half a century ago, at age 11, I found a book in my grandfather's library about coats of arms. I was enchanted, but trying to learn from its dense text and colorless line art felt like trying to swim through peanut butter. That book had been written for scholarly researchers the age of my grandfather at the time (my age now). Day jobs and other obligations had to come first, but I've finally gotten round to creating the book I wish had been there all those years ago. If you today are the age I was then, you probably won't notice this paragraph for decades to come. But that was my hope: that different parts of this book would be useful to you at different ages." Read More Read Less