Mark Young

Male

Garfield, WA

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Monterey, California
About Me:
Currentl job: a crime mystery novelist. In my earlier life, I was in law enforcement for twenty-six years and a newspaper reporter for six years. Survived that and Vietnam and still sane.
I Am A:
Writer
Website:
http://markyoungarrestingfiction.blogspot.com/
Books And Authors I Like:
"The Sun Also Rises" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway "Try Darkness" series and all his fiction & non-fiction books by James Scott Bell "Redeeming Love" by Francine Rivers "The Painted House" by John Grisham "The Great Divide" by T. Davis Bunn "In High Places" by Tom Morrisey "The Novelist" and others by Angela Hunt "The Cure" by Athol Dickson "Wish You Well" by David Baldacci Brandilyn Collins' Kanner Lake Series novels and others "City of Bones" and the whole series by Michael Connelly "Betrayal" and others by John Lescroart Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep" and "Farewell my Lovely" and others "The Thin Man" and "The Maltese Falcom" by Dashiell Hammett Robert Crais' Joe Pike novels "Piercing the Darkness" by Frank E. Peretti "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hossein "Odd Thomas" and other books by Dean Koontz "First the Dead" by Tim Downs "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski "The Bone Garden" by Tess Gerritsen "The Onion Field" by Joseph Wambaugh "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote "Up In Honey's Room" and others by Elmore Leonard any of Jeff Shaara's fictional history novels "Just As I Am" by Bill Graham (Jerry Jenkins) "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller and The Bible--the book that compares to no other.
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Movies: Casablanca, Fugitive, 3:10 to Yuma, True Grit, all the Die Hard and Lethal Weapon movies, all the Dirty Harry movies,Untouchables with Kevin Costner, and Heat.

TV: 24, Fringe, Closer, Law & Order, Burn, Leverage, and The Good Wife.

Comment Wall:

  • Reece Hirsch

    Thanks, John. I like Walnut Creek, but I'd take Monterey any day. With law enforcement, journalism and Vietnam in your background, I'm guessing you have some material for a few books. Best, Reece
  • Kathryn Lilley

    Hi Mark, thanks for the friendship, and glad you're liking the Kill Zone! We love getting your comments over there. Cheers, Katryn
  • Cathryn Grant

    Thanks for the welcome, Mark. Hope you had a good weekend!
  • Mark Porter

    Mark, really enjoyed the first part of your blog. I'm sure all of that life xperience has informed your writing, too. I used to work as a Probation Officer and spent some time in prisons, it certainly influenced how I approach my writing.
  • Mary McFarland

    Hi, Mark.  Yes, I am an aspiring fiction writer: http://www.marymcfarlandauthor.com, a technical writer by profession.  Just finished my second novel and am in the query process with it (mystery) and my first (romantic suspense).  I'm launching a content-rich blog http://www.buzzardbone.blogspot.com and would love to get to know more about you. I'm working to connect writers with ex-law enforcement persons like yourself to provide the kind of technical edits many manuscripts need. 
  • Mary McFarland

    And yours, Mark.  Thanks.  Look forward to seeing you here. 

  • Sullivan Lee

    Glad to meet you, Mark!

    -Sully