Mark Okrant

Mark Okrant is an author and professor emeritus of tourism management at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. Research has taken him to South Dakota, New Hampshire, Maine, Alaska, Canada, and Romania. He is past president of the Travel and Tourism Research Association. He is the author of nine published books--6 murder mysteries, 2 non-fiction books, and one tourism planning textbook.

"My niche in the world of mystery writing is to place my lead character, Kary Turnell, in a position to work crime scenes at historic hotels and resort communities. In the non-fiction realm, my work focuses on motels."