The winner of six national magazine writing awards, Mark Alan Leslie has written nine books, including three historical novels, two modern-day mystery/thrillers, two golf books, a devotional and a Christian self-help book. Leslie's career as a newspaper and magazine editor and writer spanned thirty years before he began writing books full-time-all from a Christian worldview. He was the founding editor of Golf Course News (now Golf Industry), which became a leading golf-industry publication in his twelve years at the helm. Leslie and his wife live in Maine.