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The Author / Chapters / Artwork / Links / Home MARK KNIGHT Mark Knight grew up in Massachusetts, USA. At age 15 he saw his first publication - a weekly comic strip that was used by the town newspaper. Soon after this he and his family moved to the west side of Ireland. After winning a short story contest about extraterrestrial life, he decided to begin writing novels, outlining science fiction and children's tales. Settling in the UK, Mark continued to write novels of differing genres, including horror and television scripts. In 1998, Mark worked on scripts for the British children's television series, 'The Wombles'.Mark also works as a feature film scriptwriter, having worked on two horror scripts for Hollywood’s Little Slices of Death production company. He also won several short story competitions, and has had his work featured in published anthologies. Mark concentrates now on Young Adult fantasy/horror/science fiction novels, having completed the vampire tale Blood Family, and The Ones - about a group of psychic teens - in recent years. Mark's most recently completed novel is Solomon Grimm and the Well of Souls - a teen title which follows a cursed British teen as he enters the dark and dangerous realm of the Celtic Otherworld in search of a cure to his undead condition. His new work will be The Powers - a new Young Adult novel which follows 18-year-old Gunner Robinson after his life is turned upside-down by the revelation that he originally came to earth as a Protector - a being known to many as an angel. Mark has had many short stories published in magazines and anthologies, the most recent being the story The Foundling, which features in the anthology, Mirador's Fantasmagoria: The Anthology of the Weird, the Fantastical and the Terrifying by the Best New Writers from Across the Globe. Mark is currently working closely with a Hollywood production company on a fantasy script. Mark
can be contacted by Bloodmail. Check out Mark's official website at: www.markknightbooks.com Cover
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