Mark Haugen


Biography

A fifth-generation South Dakotan, Haugen is a recovering journalist living in the Black Hills with his wife, three teenagers, two dogs and Johnny Depp, the pet rabbit.

Haugen is a former newspaper reporter, editor, sportswriter, publisher and award-winning columnist. He has lived throughout South Dakota - in Montrose, Canton, Sioux Falls and Valley Springs. He's worked at the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Tri-State Neighbor and owned the Tea & Harisburg Champion newspaper in Tea. In addition to several free-lance writing gigs, he also had brief forays across state lines and worked at newspapers in Windom and Luverne, Minn., and Rock Valley, Iowa. Haugen is also an avid runner and gardener.

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Books

Amy's Ladder    by Mark Haugen
Price: $2.99 USD. 38310 words. Published on May 29, 2011. Fiction.

As the sequel to "Joshua's Ladder," this novel will allow Joshua readers to feel better about that dramatic ending. In "Amy's Ladder," Amy navigates the troubled waters of her relationships with her father, Gen. Levi Johnson, and her fiance, Joshua Miller. She returns to Spearfish, SD, and encounters schemers, dreamers and murderers as she finally tries to make her way down the wedding aisle.
Hitchhiker 3 - Wendy    by Mark Haugen
Price: Free! 3030 words. Published on April 29, 2011. Fiction.

(5.00 from 3 reviews)
This is the third in a series of short stories where Lincoln Anderson shows he is a sucker for thumbs stuck out along the highway. This time he has his hands full with Wendy, who is out to prove her love for Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees in a very unique, and some would say insane, way.
Hitchhiker 2 - Marvin    by Mark Haugen
Price: Free! 1020 words. Published on April 3, 2011. Fiction.

(3.00 from 2 reviews)
This is the second in a series of short stories where Lincoln Anderson shows he is a sucker for thumbs stuck out along the highway. Some of his riders provide for serious conversations, others more on the silly side. Today Lincoln picks up Marvin, who is just a tad bit paranoid about Lincoln's intentions, as well as just about everybody else's.
Hitchhiker 1    by Mark Haugen
Price: Free! 2160 words. Published on March 5, 2011. Fiction.

This is the first in a series of short stories where Lincoln Anderson shows he is a sucker for thumbs stuck out along the highway. He picks up these hitchhikers and often ends up learning as much about himself as he does about them. Today, he picks up a man claiming to be Jesus Christ. Together they drive from Rapid City to Denver and Lincoln's life is changed forever.
Joshua's Ladder    by Mark Haugen
Price: $2.99 USD. 60070 words. Published on January 30, 2011. Fiction.

0.5 star(4.40 from 5 reviews)
Joshua's Ladder follows Joshua Miller from depths of despair to heights of love; from South Dakota to Florida. Along the way Joshua's love for the woman he saved from drowning is unquestionable, friendships he made unflappable, but his demons unmoveable. Joshua's trip up and down life's ladder is filled with love, humor and tears - much like ours. Can he handle it better than we do? Or worse?

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