Mark Edward Langley has always felt a kinship with the American Southwest where his heart and soul were touched immediately by the beauty of the landscape and the wonder of its people. Langley is the award-winning author of the Arthur Nakai Mystery Series, including Path of the Dead and Death Waits in the Dark, which won both as a finalist in the American Book Fest Awards in 2020 and was winner the Feathered Quill Award for best mystery of 2021. His latest novel, When Silence Screams, has already won the PSWA Award and the Firebird Award for Fiction 2022. He is currently working on his fourth novel of the Arthur Nakai series, The Source, due out in the fall of 2022. He and his wife, Barbara, divide their time between their home in Indiana and Santa Fe, New Mexico.