Marks, Arlene F.: - Arlene F. Marks began writing at the age of 6, and she has no plans to stop. A veteran teacher of the craft, she has authored two popular literacy programs for the classroom in addition to conducting numerous workshops. Her short stories have appeared online and in print, notably in an anthology of reimagined fairy tales, Grimmer Tales Volume One. She is also the creator/author of the Sic Transit Terra space opera series (from Edge Publishing) and Adventures in Godhood, her first of a growing number of books from Brain Lag Publishing. Arlene lives with her husband on the shore of beautiful Nottawasaga Bay, where she spends an inordinate amount of time exploring imaginary worlds, collecting interesting-looking owls, and helping to bring literary events such as CollingWord and The Word on the Bay to the reading and writing community.