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has since been adapted into Willard Carroll's 1990 film starring Peter Riegert and Joan Severance, although it remains unpublished, except as a numbered, signed limited edition chapbook published by Burning Bush Press in 1979.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.

Bibliography

Samurai Cat

• (1980) The Bridge of Catzad-Dum - chapbook, published by The Burning Bush Press, ltd. ed. of 500
• (1984) The Adventures of Samurai Cat
• (1986) More Adventures of Samurai Cat
• (1989) Samurai Cat in the Real World
• (1991) The Sword of Samurai Cat
• (1994) Samurai Cat Goes to the Movies
• (1998) Samurai Cat Goes to Hell

Zorachus

• (1986) Zorachus
• (1988) The Nightmare of God

Blood of the Lamb

• (1991) The Expected One
• (1991) The Devouring Void
• (1992) The Riddled Man

Zancharthus

• (1998) Blood and Pearls
• (2000) Jagutai and Lilitu
• (2002) Night of the Long Knives

Novels

• (1989) The Dead
• (2010) Lilitu
• (2010) Yark

Nonfiction

• (2003) Nothing But a Smile: The Pinup Art of Mark Rogers
• (2005) The Art of Fantasy

External links

• Official website
• Mark E. Rogers at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database