Mark Edward Thomas Piotrowski was born the youngest son of nine children in Niskayuna, NY in November of 1958. During his entire lifetime--he has traveled throughout most of the United States, Hawaii, Western Canada, Iceland, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Southwestern Europe, and Northern Africa. His extensive educational background also consists of several Associates' Degrees in Pre-Law/Criminology, Anthropology, and European History from various Community Colleges as well as obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology at Sonoma State University in 1984. His personal genre and literary passions are for screenplays, theater, fiction novels, short stories, and poetry. He has also written several books that are in print and E-book format through his publicist on www.lulu.com/metpiotrowski. Mr. Piotrowski currently resides and is employed in Williamsburg, Virginia.