Judy Marks
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Judy Marks is an English-born author.

Judy Marks was born in Hertfordshire. From October 1974 until 2006 she lived with and eventually married the marijuana smuggler Howard Marks
Howard Marks
Dennis Howard Marks is a Welsh author and former drug smuggler who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases, supposed connections with groups such as the CIA, the IRA, MI6, and the Mafia, and his eventual conviction at the hands of the American Drug...

. She is the mother to three of his four children, the privacy researcher Amber Marks
Amber Marks
Amber Marks is a British barrister and author. After working as a lawyer in private practice and in the UK government legal service, she took up research on the increasing use of sniffer dogs and other olfactory surveillance methods...

, Francesca Marks (b. November 1980), and Patrick Marks (b. November 1986).

Judy Marks was extradited with her husband Howard from their home in Majorca, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 to Miami, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

. She spent two years in jail, separated from her children on another continent.

Her book, Mr Nice and Mrs Marks (Ebury Press, 2006), covers the highs and lows of their life together. Judy Marks lives with two of their children in Palma
Palma de Mallorca
Palma is the major city and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. The names Ciutat de Mallorca and Ciutat were used before the War of the Spanish Succession and are still used by people in Majorca. However, the official name...

, Majorca.
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