Amber Mary Marks (born October 1977) is a British barrister and author.[1] 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.[2] She has written an account of her research for the popular market, Headspace (published 2008); in connection with this publication, articles by or about her were published by some of the major English newspapers.[3] She also works in forensic science and criminal justice technologies. She is a trustee of Release.[4]
Marks has taught at the London School of Economics, Queen Mary, University of London and King's College London. She co-directs the Criminal Justice Centre at QMUL.[2]
Marks' father was former teacher, convicted drug smuggler, and author Howard Marks and her mother is author Judy Marks.