C. S. Marks
C.S. Marks, Ph.D. has often been described as a ‘Renaissance woman’. The daughter of academic parents, she holds a Ph.D. in Biology and has spent the past two decades teaching Biology and Equine Science. She is currently a Full Professor at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in west central Indiana. She began writing shortly after the untimely death of her father, who was a Professor of American Literature at Butler University. A gifted artist, she has produced illustrations and cover art for all three books. C.S. plays and sings Celtic music, writing songs both silly and serious, and she is an archery aficionado and makes hand-crafted longbows using primitive tools. Horses are her passion, and C.S. is an accomplished horsewoman, having competed in the sport of endurance racing for several years. C.S. has been happily married for nearly three decades, sharing her forest home with husband Jeff, ten dogs (predominantly Welsh Corgis) and five horses. |
Elfhunter: A Tale of Alterra, The World That Is
Synopsis: "Elfhunter," the premier novel in a new and wonderful series by C.S. Marks, is the first of the tales of Alterra, the World that Is. It concerns the adventures of an unlikely pair of heroines, Gaelen and Nelwyn, who are Wood-elves of the Greatwood Forest. They are drawn into a quest to defend all the Elves of Alterra as they seek to destroy the 'Elfhunter', a monstrous entity intent on exterminating the Elves until none remain... |