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 Bachelors from Presbyterian College in English, 1982. Can still quote from Shakespeare, Eliot and Housman. Masters from University of Georgia in Journalism, 1984. Still listens to R.E.M. and B-52s. Sportswriter at Aiken (S.C.) Standard, 1985-1987; The (Columbia, SC) State, 1987-1995. Always told my dad I'd find a way to get into ballgames for free. Senior content producer for Fastball.com, 1995-1997. An award-winning baseball web site I now refer to as Camelot. Content producer at Cox Interactive Media and Cox News Service, 1997-2005. Great friends made. Freelance writer/editor, 2005-present. Drafted to create and edit web content for Ken Burns' THE WAR and PBS' CARRIER! by Interactive Knowledge. Currently, homepage editor for HomeDepot.com. Favorite TV shows include Supernatural, Castle, Dr. Who, Firefly, The Office, Community and Fast Money. Favorite sports teams include Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Thrashers and Braves and Dallas Cowboys. Dream job is playing shortstop for the Red Sox. Pop culture influences include Carl Kolchak, Luke Skywalker, Malcolm Reynolds, Snoopy and The Doctor. Biggest surprise is discovering where my characters want to go. |
About the Author
Mark R. McCallum was born and raised in the South. Drawn to the notion that there was more in heaven and earth than dreamt of in any philosophies, Revelation became his favorite book in the Bible. Mark soon discovered Stephen King, but also poured through mysteries by Robert B. Parker, fantasy by Terry Brooks and J.R.R. Tolkien and Sci-fi by Frank Herbert. He also devoured biographies and sports books galore. His love of baseball steered him toward a career as a sportswriter and later online content producer, but he always felt a compulsion to find the why behind the unknown, to turn over a stone and see what sprang from the underside, to enter an abandoned house and conjure reasons for the vacancy. Without a leash on his imagination, he presently resides in Covington, Ga. with his pet gargoyles, Calvin & Hobbes. There, he works on his next novel, notes how the supernatural touches our daily lives and smiles at what lurks in the darkness.
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