A native of Phillipsburg, N.J., and 23-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, Mark Piggott is an award-winning independent author of several fantasy and steampunk books. His first novel, Forever Avalon, was published in 2009. In 2021, he signed with Curious Corvid Publishing of Geneva,  Ohio. His awards included the BookFest Book Awards, Literary Titan Book Award, the Golden Wizard 2024 Book of the Year Finalist, and 2022 Grand Prize for Fiction. Mark lives in Alexandria, VA, with his wife,  Georgiene. They have three children.