Memoir – Claret Press :

​​Mark was a shoe seller in London and is now a writer in Somerset.

He was the runner-up in last year’s Ruth Rendell Short Story Prize and his new book Final Approach: My Father and Other Turbulence is published by Claret Press. Extracts have already been published in print and online, and won him a prize trip to Sydney. This book was also shortlisted for the 2022 TLC Pen Factor Pitch Prize.

He’s also had numerous short stories and other pieces published and shortlisted for prizes. He is the creator of Brian the Barrington Bear.

Find out more about me here.

My publisher: Claret Press

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