Alan P MarksGrowing up in "Stephen King Country", Alan has long dreamed of becoming a best-selling author (or at least getting a novel published). In the meantime, he teaches at the University of Maine where he has been on faculty for over a quarter century.Afte getting his M.A. in Creative Writing there, he simply never left. He teaches courses on writing and literature, including topics such as monsters, the apocalypse, vampires, and (yes) Stephen King. He is currently a candidate for an MFA in Creative Writing through the Stonecoast MFA program at the University of Southern Maine. Read More Read Less