Marcus Wilson is the author of two books, the award-winning non-fiction HeroStreet U.S.A., and the historical novel Kidnapped by Columbus, the prequel to this novel. Marc is the founder of the widely used content management system known as BLOX Digital/TownNews. Marc worked as a journalist for three daily newspapers and five bureaus of The Associated Press. He was editor/publisher/janitor of the weekly Bigfork (Montana) Eagle. He studied graduate-level history at the University of Colorado. He and his wife live in Loveland, Colorado.