<p>Mark McCabe was born in Brisbane, Australia, later moved to Sydney and then to Canberra, the Australian capital city, where he completed a career in the Australian Government and Australian Capital Territory's public service agencies.<br/><br/>Upon retiring, Mark and his family moved to New Zealand and took up residence near Dunedin.<br/><br/>Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Classics, Latin and English from the Australian National University.<br/><br/>Mark's favoured genres are fantasy (predominantly epic and high fantasy) and science fiction, although he does hope to write a series of crime novels at some stage in the future. He cites Robert Jordan, David Gemmell, Jack Vance and Ursula Le Guin as key inspirations and influences.<br/><br/>In his spare time, Mark is an amateur photographer and a keen student of the classics, with a particular focus on Rome as well as ancient myths and legends such as the Trojan Cycle.<br/><br/>Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Adventure, Sword & Sorcery<br/><br/>Mark McCabe's high fantasy series, Chronicles of the Ilaroi, tells the tale of a young girl who is abducted and taken to a strange world by the minions of a dark wizard.<br/><br/>Chronicles of the Ilaroi<br/><br/>* As Fire is to Gold (Book 1)<br/>* When All the Leaves Have Fallen (Book 2)</p>
