Mark Trent SneedBorn in the south, raised in Chicago and educated at the University of California, at Berkeley. Played collegiate football and rugby. First fell in love with comics. Have always read. Always writing. Became an English major. Took that major to Los Aneles and began teaching. Taught English to middle school and high school and junior college. Was a debate and chess coach. Continue to challenge myself. Gained my Masters degree in English. Love Shakespeare. Really enjoyed all the tragedies. Enjoyed the comedies as well. Love fantasy. Favorite fantasy authors: Piers Anthony and Ray Bradbury. Love fiction. Favorite fiction authors: Ray Bradbury; Isaac Asimov; Robert A. Heinlen; HG Wells; Philip K. Dick; Octavia E. Butler; HP Lovecraft; Mary Shelley; and William Gibson. Love science fiction. Favorite science fiction authors: Arthur C. Clarke; Orson Scott Card and Harlan Ellison. Love the Harlem Renaissance authors. Favorite Harlem Renaissance authors: Langston Hughes; Zora Neale Hurston; Claude McKay; Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin. Wish to further the amazing writing experiences of those that I have read and read through an African American male lens. My desire is to write with passion and desire a varied style of genres with the hopes of being one of the heralded African American authors that others read and enjoy. Read More Read Less