Mark E. Burgess

Mark E. Burgess was born in Wichita, Kansas, grew up in Spokane, Washington and Medford, Oregon. He graduated from veterinary school at Oregon State University in 1986, and owns a practice in the Portland, Oregon area, treating mostly exotic pet species. He's well known in the exotic animal medicine field, and has authored medical articles and textbook chapters on exotic pets. He's been a guest lecturer at numerous medical conferences, and teaches part of the exotic animal curriculum at OSU's veterinary school, as well as Portland Community College's veterinary technician program. He has a loving wife, Denise, and two wonderful daughters, Anna & Sarah, as well as being owned by Molly the cat.

His first published work of fiction was "Dog Daze and Cat Naps--A Vet Student's Odyssey", in 2009; this story, based largely on factual events, tells of a young vet student's trials & tribulations as he makes his way through 4 years of veterinary school.

His first sci-fi story to reach publication was the short story "Outside Looking In", published in the anthology "Yondering" by Borgo Press/Wildside Press. His first sci-fi novel was just released in August 2012, titled "The Battle for Eden".