Mark L. Groves grew up in the Ozark Mountains of southern Missouri, where his love of trees and sky began. He earned a degree in Communications from the University of Missouri-Columbia, worked on a graduate degree in Philosophy, and went on to a career spanning three-plus decades in the radio industry as an announcer and production director. He also writes plays, short stories, novels, songs, and poetry. He has five books out: HELLZAPALOOZA The Best DamnED Rock Show Ever!, Black Buttons Vol. 1, Black Buttons Vol. 2, Black Buttons Vol. 3: A Family Affair, and Route 666: Four on the Floor.

He's had short stories and photography published in several issues of "Kansas City Voices Magazine," plus short stories published in "Strange, Weird, and Wonderful Magazine" and The Book of Blasphemous Words anthology. He also has poetry and photography published in issues of Minneapolis-based Auk Contraire arts 'zines "Intoxication," "No/Where," and "Haunted." Mark lives in Olathe, KS.