Mark Vogel was born in Seymour, Indiana and moved to Pinellas Park, Florida when he was 3 years old. Mark now lives in Chesapeake, Virginia with his wife Grace. Mark first started writing children's stories in 2011 and published his first book in 2012. The Adventures of Professor Poodle and Auggie is his third book and like his first two are written in a humorous, poetic style which captures the attention of both child and adult readers. Mark was motivated to write these stories for his three grandchildren: Skylar, Rylee, and Owen. Mark believes that his books will help children to learn the alphabet and numbers in easy to understand and fun stories with the turn of each rhyming page.