Mark Henrikson grew up in the suburbs of St. Louis Missouri and attended the University of Missouri, Columbia (Go MIZZOU!) where he earned a bachelors degree in Finance and Economics. He later earned his Masters of Business Administration from Lindenwood University. Mark’s love of story telling began at a young age while listening to imaginative, and often times scary, bedtime stories by his father Brian Henrikson. His respect for the written word was reinforced by the attentive eye of his mother who taught English for many years at St. Charles High School. Mark has been happily married since 2000 and is the proud father of two children. He recently left his career as a financial analyst to pursue writing full time and is loving every second of it!