Dennis Howard Marks was born on August 13th 1945 in a village called Kenfig Hill in Wales. He is a very intelligent man with a list of letters after his name; between 1964 and 1967, Howard studied Natural Science at Balliol College in Oxford. After this he studied Physics at the University of London from 1967 to 1968 then returned to Balliol in 1968 to study History and Philosophy.  Still uncontent Howard then went on to study Philosophy of Science from 1969 to 1970 at the University of Sussex.

Howard Mark's career in drug smuggling began by dealing small amounts of marijuana whilst studying for his postgraduate Philosophy degree at Oxford. By the mid 1980's he had 43 aliases, 89 phone lines and 25 companies trading throughout the world.  Smuggling consignments of cannabis weighing up to 30 tonnes from Pakistan and Thailand to America and Canada, Howard was a wanted man in many countries.  He was eventually caught by the Drug Enforcement Agency following a world-wide operation that took several years.

In his first book Howard Marks recaps the entire story of his drug-smuggling career; how it started, who was involved, what he did and how he did it, and, of course, how he ended up in Terre Haute.  It is a brilliantly written book containing fascinating stories, it really is a must read for anyone.  Even if you don't agree with his views and certain personal habits you will still find his stories both shocking and entertaining.

Howard Mark's book of dope stories does exactly what it says on the tin. It is an anthology of hundreds of pieces of writing on, more or less, every drug known to man.  Expect stories that describe psychedelic hallucinations, various opinions on the subject of legalisation, experiment reports and many travellers tales. If you are anti-drugs then this book will probably bore you to tears, but for any drug-lover it's interesting and, if anything, a little anti-drugs itself.

The fantastic sequel to Mr Nice, Senor Nice starts with Howard performing a live show in his home town of Kenfig Hill, he meets up with old friends and a conversation they have about Welsh culture suggests some impossible claims. Elvis was Welsh, there is a tribe of Welsh-speaking Native Americans, a legendary Welsh smuggler was Howard's ancestor, his great-great-grandfather was the half brother of Billy the Kid - Howard diarises his time in Jamaica, Panama, Brazil and Wales finding out the truth, the result is the truly entertaining Senor Nice.

This book is written by, and from the perspective of, Howards wife for three decades, Judy Marks.  The reader is given a different insight into Howard's life from the more sensitive pen of his loyal wife; she tells us about how they met, her part in the smuggling operation, and the two years she spent inside on of Europe's most notorious female prisons.