Mark Clarkson (Wichita, KS) is an experienced author who has written about everything from molecular computers and artificial life, to computer games and children's software. Mark has published several BattleBots-related articles for Desktop Engineering magazine. Mark is ideally suited for this project because he’s a longtime “Robot Wars”/BattleBots enthusiast and is accustomed to talking with engineers and their ilk and translating what they say into understandable English.