Author: Mark Payne
Born: 15 April 1959
Bio: Mark Payne is English and is an IT specialist working and living in the UK just outside of Bristol.

The only books he has written are the novels Carthusian's Prophecy and Shadow of the Destroyer. Other books listed under the same author name have been written by different people also called Mark Payne.

Carthusian's Prophecy and Shadow of the Destroyer are the first two novels in the Custodian series

Mark lives with his wife Alyson and they have one daughter - Carolyn.