Biography

Mark All's paranormal thriller Mystic Witch will be published in trade paperback by ImaJinn Books in March 2010.  Mark contributed to the anthology Computer Legends, Lies & Lore, has won two international writing awards, and teaches a writing class at the Spruill Center for the Arts.

Mark belongs to Romance Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association, Georgia Romance Writers, Futuristic, Fantasy, and Paranormal RWA Chapter, the Atlanta Writers Club, and the North Point Barnes & Noble writers' critique group.  

An instructional systems designer with a major software corporation, Mark designs and develops multimedia web-based training and performs voice-over narration.  He has held jobs ranging from gravedigger to FM radio announcer, and wrote a training video for flight attendants at a major airline.  As a professional rock guitarist, Mark toured the Southeast and northern states.

He earned a Masters degree in computer-based education and a Bachelor of Music cum laude.

On MarkAllAuthor.com, Mark provides reviews of current books and films, as well as writing tips.

Mark, his wife, and the cats who own them live in the Metro Atlanta area.

Awards

Transgenic
Novel

• Authorlink International New Author Awards Competition, 2002
• First Place, Horror Category
• Finalist for Best of Show

When creatures genetically engineered for the battlefield invade Havenbrooke subdivision, new resident Locke Brentwood leads a diverse group of survivors on a desperate journey through the ruins of the underground complex where the bioweapons were developed, fighting to stay alive and find a way to kill the transgenic organisms.

"Windows"
Short Story, Published

• First Place, Ageless Press International Short Story Competition
• Published in Computer Legends, Lies & Lore, Ageless Press.
• Reviewed in Really as "an imaginative story."

Phil Horton first noticed the unusual nature of his new program when he dropped his lighter through the monitor screen. The value-priced software provided a whole new perspective on becoming lost in your work when the virtual cat batted the lighter through cascading windows and Phil followed. It was a good thing long-legged Liz was around to haul his bony ass back, but what followed him out was beyond virtual and more than they'd bargained for . . .

Music

During his career as a guitarist, Mark played with a few notables:

• His band opened for Atlanta ("Atlanta Burned Again Last Night")
• He played with Rick Scott, former drummer for Alabama, who co-wrote "Why Lady Why"
• He played with Ivory Jack ("Made in the USA")
• And Rick Richards of the Georgia Satellites played Mark's guitar rig when jamming with the band at Norm's in Birmingham--alas, there was only his guitar rig, so he couldn't actually play "with" Rick, but he seemed to enjoy Mark's guitar. He and the guys did "Hot Legs."