John’s University in Queens, New York. Marks received her B.A. from The Thomas More Institute of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire, and her Ph.D. from the University of Dallas in Texas. Marks’ book, Toni Morrison’s Beloved and the Apotropaic Imagination, (University of Missouri Press 2002), analyzes Greek influences on the post-modern writer’s most significant novel. Marks lives with her husband and daughter in New York City.