Mark Cotta Vaz, born in 1954 in San Francisco, is an American author, editor and film historian who has written more than thirty books. He is known for Tales of the Dark Knight: Batman's First Fifty Years, 1939–1989, and for illustrated companion books to films, including four for the Twilight series and one for Beautiful Creatures. His biography of Merian C. Cooper drew praise from Publishers Weekly for its exhaustive research, and he has also written about the behind-the-scenes craft of Star Wars and Star Trek.
