INTRODUCING ERIK H. MARKS

       Erik is an author, teacher and child advocate. He has spent the past 30 years working with vulnerable children, youth and families living in the most challenging of circumstances, both in Canada and abroad. Domestically, Erik has helped on the frontline of crisis intervention in the child and adolescent psychiatric units of hospitals and inside of group homes in Québec and Ontario, as well as having directed summer camps in central Canada and the Maritime provinces. 

       He is currently a manager in the child welfare sector and a university lecturer. When Erik is not writing, he enjoys boating, scuba diving and spending time with his two daughters. He has been published in several academic journals on child protection topics, but Rescuing Ethan and Gabe is his first work of fiction.