Mark Torres is an attorney and award-winning author of several books. His fictional novels include "A Stirring in the North Fork" and "Adeline". His work in nonfiction includes "Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: Dust for Blood" (2021), for which he was the recipient of the Joseph F. Meany Award by the Association of Public Historians of the New York State for excellence in a labor history publication, and the newly released "Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance" (2025). Mark has a law degree from Fordham University and a bachelor’s degree in history from New York University. He is currently an adjunct professor of Labor Studies at Hofstra University.