Mark Garvey

Biography

Mark Garvey is a twenty-year veteran of the book publishing industry, including six years at the helm of Writer's Market and years of nonfiction acquisition and development editing. His passion for The Elements of Style is genuine, and he often urges it on the authors who work for him—usually to good effect.

Mark's feature articles have appeared in a variety of national and regional consumer magazines, including The Oxford American, Writer's Digest, Walking, and Guitar Player. His feature writing for The Oxford American received an honorable mention in The Best American Travel Writing 2000 (Houghton Mifflin). Mark's first book, Searching for Mary, was published by Dutton in 1998. His second book, Come Together: The Official John Lennon Educational Tour Bus Guide to Music and Video, was published in 2006 by Thomson. He currently works as an Executive Editor at Course Technology, a business and technology book publisher.