MARK TORRENDER

Writer, Cartoonist, Artist and a whole lot more...

Mark Torrender was born in Sacramento, California and grew up in Braintree, Massachusetts. In 1978 he saw his first publication - a weekly comic strip that was used by the town newspaper. Soon after this he and his family moved to the west side of Ireland. After winning a short story contest about extraterrestrial life, he began to outline stories set in the Athaia universe, first writing The Eye of Athaia.

After moving to London, England, he worked on Dreamfire – The Journey of Dathan Rayne- an indirect prequel to The Eye of Athaia, utilizing his experience as a houseparent in Dr.Barnardo's children's homes for the scenes set on the orphanage moon of Monyya. He employed these experiences again in his children’s novel Buzz ~ The Battle Of Bumbleton Wood.

In 1998, Mark worked on scripts for the British children's television series, 'The Wombles'. Then came script work of a very different kind - action-horror screenplays for the fledgling Hollywood production company, Little Slices of Death.

A short story, Them, a tale of alien abduction, part of an anthology, has recently been published and short story The Long View has just been accepted and published by Wet Ink Press this May. www.thewritersden.com

Mark Torrender.