Bill Marken is editor-in-chief of Garden Design, the leading magazine of stylish gardening, innovative landscape design, and gracious outdoor living.

Marken has spent his professional career in magazine and book publishing. He served for 15 years as editor-in-chief of Sunset Magazine, the Western regional lifestyle magazine with a circulation of 1,500,000 and an emphasis on home and landscape design, travel, and entertaining. He was founding editor-in-chief of Rebecca’s Garden magazine, based on the popular syndicated television show, published by Hearst Corp. As editor-n-chief of eHow.com, he led the contextual commerce site to the Nielsen/Net Ratings’ top 10 information sites; he is the author of How to Fix Just About Everything, which grew out of eHow.com. He also was co-author of Gardening for Dummies (second edition), editorial director of Williams Sonoma’s Taste magazine, and consulting editor and columnist for Garden.com.

Marken received a National Magazine Award for Service to the Individual and the American Horticultural Society’s Horticultural Communication Award.

He has served as President of the League to Save Lake Tahoe and as a board member of the American Horticultural Society.

Marken is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Los Altos, California, with his wife Marilyn. They have four grown children.