Mark Coakley

Who is Mark Coakley?

Mark Coakley is a Canadian writer of non-fiction and a blogger. Mark was a lawyer in Hamilton, Ontario from 1998 to 2008, before becoming a full-time author. His first published book, Tip and Trade, appeared in 2011. He has published true-crime pieces in Canada's Sharp. Coakley's next book, Hidden Harvest: The Rise and Fall of North America's Biggest Cannabis Grow-Op, was published by ECW Press on May 1, 2014; it depicts the North American illegal drug economy and a giant indoor cannabis grow-op. Coakley has signed with ECW for a third book, tentatively titled Weed World, about the global market in legal cannabis.