Markus was born and rasied in the suburbs of Virginia. He is a well versed author in many genres. He began his career in the arts with music, releasing a total of five albums under his independent record label. Now after nearly a decade of making music, he lends his time to the craft of writing thrillers, mystery and suspesne, and science fiction. He also writes romantic suspense under the pen name, Esther P. Goodwin.

"The simple life is all I ever wanted. Maybe writing will give that to me," he says.