MARK ARCHULETA is an Emmy-winning screenwriter, journalist, and performer. A fifth-generation Coloradoan of Spanish Basque descent, he grew up steeped in the history of the American West and the colorful characters who inhabited it. Archuleta loves exploring how historical fact is refracted through the prism of film and television. He graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder with a BA in English Literature. Archuleta lives in Green Valley, California with his wife Mimsey, their dachshund Kenzie and horse Durango.