Mark Piggott
Mark Piggott, a native of Phillipsburg, NJ, enlisted in the US Navy in 1983 and began a 23-year career. He served on three aircraft carriers and various duty stations as a Navy Journalist before he attained the rank of Chief Journalist. He retired from active duty in 2006. His first novel, Forever Avalon, was published in 2009, followed by his second novel, The Dark Tides, in 2014. He and his wife, Georgiene, live in Alexandria, Virginia. They have three children.