Mark E. Scheyder

Mark E. Scheyder was born and raised New Jersey. He has since relocated to various parts of North America including Alaska, Washington State, Idaho, and Florida. Currently, Mark resides in Naples Florida and makes numerous trips north to his original home state of New Jersey where he considers himself a native; gravitating to the southern part of the state and the sea shore towns of Ocean City and Cape May. Mark has a diverse career in System Engineering working for the FAA. He has just recently begun to write children's books which has been a desire and a passion for quite some time. "Bessie" is his first children's book. The story about Bessie will encourage young and old that although life has its ups and downs, they should never give up hope. Directed at a young audience, it teaches that it is essential that children persevere and overcome adversity. Even if bullies push one around, one still has skills and talents and people that care. Never lose heart.