About Paul Mark Tag

Paul Mark Tag received BS, MS, and PhD degrees in the field of Meteorology from Pennsylvania State University, the last in 1977. He worked for the Naval Research Laboratory as a research scientist for over thirty years before leaving his job to write fiction fulltime. As a scientist, he wrote dozens of technical papers and journal articles, and made numerous conference presentations.

In the late 1990s, in preparation for a career in writing, he began writing short stories. Author Arline Chase was (and is) his instructor and mentor. In early 2001, when he made his career change permanent, he spent a year writing short stories only. These stories have been published in StoryBytes, Potpourri, Greens Magazine, and The Storyteller.

In 2002, Tag began his first novel, a thriller entitled Category 5, that took advantage of his knowledge of meteorology and weather modification. Prophecy, the sequel to Category 5, was published in July of 2007.

"...An action-packed adventure, 'Category 5' is a whirlwind of a thriller that whisks the reader into the very eye of the storm. Thoroughly entertaining, you won't be able to set the story aside until this storm blows over."
—Bob Walch, Book Reviewer, Monterey Herald