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Mark Zug spent his early childhood getting schlepped around the world before coming to rest in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he still lives, trying to get his bearings. Along with walking upright he learned to draw, read books for the pictures, and daydream while being spoken to. Then Catholic High School and deep disillusionment. A rock band and tinnitus. Some lost years. Art school. Ayn Rand. N.C. Wyeth. A failed sort-of marriage. But he hung up his machinist's tools forever when he illustrated Harlan Ellison's I Robot screenplay adapted from the Asimov cycle. He also did some 160 full-color pages for a comic of the same story, which was never published. He then moved into games, lured by Last Unicorn's Dune collectible card game, for which he did 40-50 paintings. Since then his work has been published by FASA, Magic: The Gathering, Dragon Magazine, Amazing Stories and other outlets, mostly under the vast wings of Wizards of the Coast. He currently lives in a tiny town with treacherous rollerblading and a stunning view of the Susquehanna River. His goals are to one day buy a computer and silence his friends.