Markus McDowell is an author & editor of fiction and nonfiction in multiple genres. He is the author of To and Fro Upon the Earth: A Novel, Mortals As They Walk, Onesimus: A Novel of Christianity in the Roman Empire, and his first short story collection, The Sky Over Chaos, as well as a number of nonfiction books in law, theology, and literature in the ancient world. He lives on a 40'  yacht in Southern California and travels frequently, exploring new lands and new meeting people. He has a fondness for scotch whisky, Cuban cigars, and reading everything he can get his hands on.