Mark Porter

Liverpool

United Kingdom

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Preston
About Me:
I am an ex-stand-up comedian, rock band drummer, probation officer, call centre stooge and a million and one other things. My first novel 'Dogs Chase Cars' comes out in March through Drugstore Books and I am the author of the 'Rifkin & Whelan Mersey Mojo' chaotic mystery/thriller series (belly laughs and ballistics).
My short story, 'Stark' has been published by Pulp Metal magazine. 'Summer Slammin' the first in a series of short stories featuring greene & Jarvis, two D.C. homicide detectives has also been picked up by Pulp Metal Magazine and will appear in the next issue.
I Am A:
Reader, Writer
Website:
http://markporter.weebly.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Bryant, Matt Hadder, Elmore 'Dutch' Leonard, Scott Smith, Jake Arnott, J.A. Konrath, Mark Poirier, Willy Vlautin, Michael Chabon, Lawrence Block, James Ellroy, James Lee Burke, Harlan Coben, Carl Hiaasen. Seth Harwood, Ian Rankin, Raymond Chandler, Ed McBain, Barry Hannah, John Irving, John Kennedy Toole, Harry Crews, Joseph Heller, Henning Mankell, Sam Lipsyte, J.Robert Lennon, Tobias Wolff, Iain Banks, Max Barry, David Baldacci, Samuel Shem, Richard Russo, Christopher Brookmyre, Christopher Moore, Jim Dodge, Les Claypool, Stephen White, Robert Crais, Denis Johnson, Grorge P. Pelecanos, Mark Gimenez , Lee Goldberg, Dashiell Hammett, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehanne, Daniel Woodrell, Henning Mankell, Tony Black, Linwood Barclay, Raymond Carver, Douglas Adams, Larry Brown, Norman Mailer, Spike Milligan, Tom Sharpe, Wally Lamb and this hot-shit new guy, Mark Porter ;-). (How do you put them in order? Is there an order?). I don't read crime exclusivey but I do read it a lot and my own writing is mostly a mixture of violence and laughter.
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
The Big Lebowksi, The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire. Westerns- The Unforgiven, Tombstone, The Spagehetti Trilogy, Once Upon A Time In The West. Star Trek, Dr Who, Any classic era noir film I can see.

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