Marko Perko

Marko Perko is a graduate of the University of Southern California. He has always had an insatiable thirst for knowledge of all types, and as such, he is highly regarded as a modern-day Renaissance man, historian, polymath, and polemicist. He is the author of the critically acclaimed and wildly popular book entitled "Did You Know That...?" and the newly released thriller "Khamsin." In addition, he is the writer of the international―best-selling―knowledge-based board game "Twenty Questions." He is also the founder of the highly praised Marko Perko Online (www.MarkoPerko.com) Web site, the creator of the Cultural Enrichment Programs™, and is active in software development.

Perko has also written for and edited numerous publications, and has worked as a columnist, speechwriter, composer, lecturer, and playwright. He is a member of the Authors Guild, the Authors' League of America, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music, Inc., and the British Library.

Presently, he is lecturing, at work on his next book, developing a smartphone app called "Krypti," and creating a television show based on his book "Did You Know That...?"

Marko Perko lives in California with his wife Heather and their two children, Marko III and Skye Mackay.

Visit his Web sites: www.MarkoPerko.com and www.Krypti.com