Mark E. Rogers (April 19, 1952 – February 2, 2014) was an American author and illustrator.

Biography

Rogers, while a student at Pt. Pleasant Beach High School, wrote a short novel, The Runestone, which has since been adapted into Willard Carroll's 1990 film starring Peter Riegert and Joan Severance, although it remains unpublished, except as a numbered, signed limited edition chapbook published by Burning Bush Press in 1979. At the University of Delaware he continued his interest in writing, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974. He was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. He thereafter became a professional writer. His published works include the Samurai Cat series; a number of novels, The Dead, Zorachus, and the latter's sequel, The Nightmare of God; a series of books known as Blood of the Lamb; and another series called Zancharthus. He has also published three art portfolios and a collection of his pin-up paintings, Nothing But A Smile.

Death

Rogers often had heart problems, he died from apparent heart failure while hiking with his family in California's Death Valley.

Samurai Cat

Zorachus

Blood of the Lamb

Zancharthus

Novels

Nonfiction