Mark Murphy has been a doctor since 1988. He has been a writer his entire life. Raised by a physician father and an English teacher mother, Mark wrestled with the dichotomy between the laboratory and the pen (or computer) for years. His medical career brought him into contact with all sorts of intriguing characters, from faded sitcom stars and serial killers to failed televangelists. After filing more than a few of them away for posterity, he finally began to scratch his creative writing itch once again in 2004, when his short story "The Funeral" was published. A regular gig as a columnist for the Savannah Morning News soon followed. By 2012, he'd published his first novel, a thriller called "The Shadow Man," followed by the YA book "The Curse of the Thrax" in 2014. Mark has continued to write newspaper columns and magazine articles whenever his busy work schedule allows. He's finally gotten around to writing another novel, a twisty thriller called "Rose Dhu," once again set in the sultry, mysterious environs of Savannah, America’s most haunted city. Mark still lives in Savannah, in the community of Rose Dhu, and is happily married to his high school sweetheart, soulmate and lifelong best friend. They have two grown children.