Writing. History. Drama. Culture. Life.


Mark is an award-winning playwright and director. He has published 12 novels in varied genres. His plays have been performed around the world. A world traveler, he has lived and taught English and Theatre in Vietnam, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia.
A childhood memoir and my 14th novel released within three months of each other. I’m very happy with both of them, but for different reasons. The memoir was a simple exercise in nostalgia, in relating my memories to the person I have become later in life. A joyous, nostalgic, and poignant reminder of the way…
This is one of the basic questions I asked when writing my soon-to-be released novel Tesler and the Burning Bush. In the FROM THE AUTHOR description of the book, I wrote the following. It should give you a glimpse as to the purpose of the book. I hope it sounds intriguing, because writing it was…
I lived in Vietnam for approximately ten years. It changed me in many ways. I learned a second language. I took a deep dive into the culture and history of the region. When I left Vietnam, many lessons stuck with me. One of those lessons was about the amazing resiliency of the Vietnamese people throughout…
It’s become a daily routine. I get an email forwarded from my website to my personal email, and it’s some glowing inquiry about one of my books. It’s a book club wanting to make me their author of the month! It’s a radio station wanting to interview me about my new book. Today it was…
In the chapter entitled “Food” in my new childhood memoir, I tell a short story about an embarrassing moment in a movie theatre. Here goes: My appetite had no limits (except for the aforementioned green stuff), until one day it reached its embarrassing maximum at the worst possible time. This was circa 8th grade, and…
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