Mark E. Rogers
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has since been adapted into Willard Carroll's 1990 film starring Peter Riegert and Joan Severance, although it remains unpublished...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.