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After Mark Budz was born in New Jersey, he moved around a lot because his father worked for the National Park Service. In 1982, Mark graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a bachelor's degree in Architectural Engineering. After graduating, he worked at several different jobs. In the late 1980s, Mark moved to Eugene, Oregon to attempt to become a full time writer, beginning with short stories. Although becoming a short story writer did not work out, he decided to become a novel writer, which began with his first novel Clade in 2003. In subsequent years, he published other novels such as Crache and Idolon.