Mark Conte

Biography

Short bio
I have had fiction, poetry, articles and guest columns in 67 publications including Yankee, Poetry International, Southern Poetry Review, Potomac Review, Philadelphia Daily News, Miami Jerald, New York Times and Washington Post. I won Honorable Mention in the PEN American Awards in short fiction in 1979 and First Prize in the Barbwire Theatre Award for Poetry in 1978. I was director of the Florida State University Poet Series, appointed Master Poet by the Florida Arts Council and assistant director of the FSU CPE. My previous books are Walking on Water, 1986, In the Arms of Strangers, 2003, Five Days to Eternity, 2005, The Judas Scroll, 2005, Of Flesh & Stone, 2009 and The Ghost, 2013, The Winds of Revolution, 2016, A Friend of the Family, 2016, under two different names. I am a member of the Authors Guild and the Academy of American Poets.

Smashwords Interview

What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
The greatest joy is in the actual writing. The book signings and pats on the back are nice, but it's in the writing where I lose myself in that particular story. Sometimes the ideas come so fast I can't keep up typing them and I feel like shouting, "Slow down, I can't type that fast, but there is no one in the room but me, so I just try to keep up.
What do your fans mean to you?
The fans mean everything to me. To hear that they have bonded with one of my characters means I have accomplished what I needed to do. A reader once told me she cried for two days after reading the ending of Of Flesh and Stone, which had a tragic ending. Her husband said, "Why are you crying? It's a fake story, He just made it up." She said "I can't help it. I felt everything she felt." That's high praise for any writer.
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Where to find Mark Conte online

Where to buy in print

Books

The Easter Lamb
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 21,430. Language: English. Published: February 26, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Holiday » Family
That night, Carlo, the youngest son at five years old begs his brothers to save the lamb from being their Easter dinner and together with Skipper, the little Irish girl next door, Dante, Johnny and Skipper divise a plan to try to save Delilah. The plan is almost perfect.
The Death of Sherlock Holmes & Other Stories
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 55,170. Language: English. Published: June 12, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories
A collect of stories that appeared in journals and magazine, headed by The Death of Sherlock Holmes with the master detective solving yet another crime in London and his untimely death, which answers every question readers have wondered about for years.

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children books    literary    mystery    romance