Born in Toronto, and raised in the farm country of southwestern Ontario, Mark graduated from the University of Western Ontario and spent two years travelling and absorbing the cultural riches and diversity of Europe, Africa and the middle east.

Upon returning to Canada, he pursued a career in education, having held tenure at four different Canadian colleges. He is married and lives with his wife and two children in a small town in Ontario, Canada.

He has been a writer since high school, publishing poetry, short stories, three fiction novels, and a three-act play. He is presently working on a new novel, 'BOZIDAR' to be published soon in both English and Bosnian and Croatian.