Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mark Falkin graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and then the University of Oklahoma College of Law where Anita Hill taught him Contracts. He has lived in Texas ever since, where he is a literary agent and recovering civil rights, IP, and music attorney, having represented platinum sellers and Grammy winners alike. He used to be in a band that rocked and rolled.
His 2006 self-published novel, Days of Grace, was optioned for film and shortlisted for a literary award in self-publishing, 'The Needle' at POD-dy Mouth blog, where the reviewer said, “This is literature at its best . . . Falkin could easily be likened to the aforementioned Lethem or to Augusten Burroughs or even J.D. Salinger.” Bookpeople in Austin noted, “Here’s more proof that Austin is home to some of the best new writers around . . . Falkin’s novel is reminiscent of the writing style found in Lethem, Sedaris, Coupland, and Kerouac, with his sharp wit and journalistic style.” In 2015 he published Contract City (Bancroft Press), a dystopian thriller set in 2021 Tulsa about a teenage girl filmmaker who gets embroiled in the conflict between combative revolutionaries and the privatized paramilitary force determined to wipe them out, a father-daughter story that lives at the intersection of documentary film, street art, first love, and speaking truth to power (though written in 2009-2010, if you watched HBO's Watchmen in 2019, you'll get a vague sense of it, minus the capes and masks and such). Following Contract City came The Late Bloomer, an apocalyptic horror in the form of an audio transcript made by a young man at the end of his world. It involves no virus, zombie, alien, asteroid, or nuclear winter. It published with Rare Bird Books imprint California Coldblood in October 2018. Kirkus Reviews starred it and named it one of the best books of the year.
Working on his next writing projects, he lives with his wife and family in Austin where he reads, misses coaching recreational soccer while playing in a men's Sunday death league, tries to find time to paddle Texas waters, and keeps a sharp eye on his daughters, snatching hugs here and there.
Short Bio
Mark Falkin is the author of the novels The Late Bloomer, Contract City, and Days of Grace. Born and raised in Tulsa, Mark graduated from Southern Methodist University then the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Working on his next novel, he lives with his wife and daughters in Austin where he is a literary agent and recovering music attorney, having represented platinum sellers and Grammy winners alike. He used to vocalize in a band that rocked and rolled. Visit Mark Falkin’s Ongoing Concern at markfalkin.com.
Mark Falkin is the author of the novels The Late Bloomer, Contract City, and Days of Grace. Born and raised in Tulsa, Mark graduated from Southern Methodist University then the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Working on his next novel, he lives with his wife and daughters in Austin where he is a literary agent and recovering music attorney, having represented platinum sellers and Grammy winners alike. He used to vocalize in a band that rocked and rolled. Visit Mark Falkin’s Ongoing Concern at markfalkin.com.
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