About the Author

Mark Rickert served eight years as a journalist in the US Army Reserves. He has a master's degree in English literature and is the Chief of Public Affairs for the US Army Baltimore Recruiting Battaliion at Fort G. Meade. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, he lives with his wife and daughter in Annapolis, Maryland. "The Tone Poet" is his first novel, and it is the product of ten years of passionate work.