Mark Thompson
Raised in Stockton-on-Tees, England, Mark spent many years living in London before moving to Andalucia in southern Spain. He has travelled extensively throughout the United States, Europe and far afield over many years, harvesting material for writing both literature and songs.
When time allows, Mark plays guitar in a rock band, and lives happily in York with his partner Liz, two rabbits and a tortoise.
A little bit more about Mark
Mark has been an IPA member for a number of years, following a successful career in the criminal justice system. He is now an internationally published author of literary fiction.
His maiden novel, Dust, was published in English in September 2016 by Red Door, and in 2018 in German as ‘El Greco Und Ich’ by Mare Verlag. It was later published as a German audiobook ‘El Greco Und Ich’ by Parlando Verlag, and in Complex Chinese by Donmei as ‘Dust’.
Mark's latest novel Eternal City was published in English, by Red Door in September 2022.
Dust – A fabulously irreverent novel about two ten year old boys growing up fast in 1960s America – set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, race riots, moon landings, and the small stuff of life – like sex, murder, music, guitars & girls.
Available via my website - Paperback £8.99, Kindle £2.99
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Eternal City – Life can change in a split second, and so it does for twenty-eight year old photographer Finn Chambers. One careless decision finds him falling to his death, against Shelley’s tombstone in the ‘English’ cemetery in Rome, and entry into another world, where he is in the company of long-dead Shelley, Keats, and a myriad of fascinating characters.
Uncomfortable truths, and his struggle to come to terms with the loss of his former life are hurdles he must address, and justified under the scrutiny of great people from other times. At once challenging, and ultimately life-affirming – for Finn Chambers there is life after death, and it is a life worth living.
Available via my website - Paperback £9.99, Kindle £2.99
A 2018 article
about Mark
in the German newspaper
Wiener Zeitung
