Pot of Gold (52,000 words) is an imaginative fantasy adventure novel for children ages eight to thirteen that adults will also find interesting and funny. Janet and Larry Garrison, twelve-year-old fraternal twins are touring Limerick Caverns with the
Author of Young Adult novels. The supernatural crashes headlong with realistic young characters with real emotions.
Background
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Mark Knight grew up in Massachusetts, USA. Settling in the UK, Mark continued to write novels of differing genres, including horror and television scripts. Mark has scripted two horror scripts for Hollywood’s Little Slices of Death production company and one for Illusion Studios. He also won several short story competitions, and has had his work featured in published anthologies. Mark concentrates now on Young Adult urban fantasy novels.
Birth Place
Sacramento, CA USA
Accomplishments
1998
Hired by FilmFair to script episodes for the second series “The Wombles”, all episodes aired on BBC1
1999
Commissioned to write script for action adventure motion picture “Devlin Dwight” for Little Slices of Death productions and Eastern Heroes (Hong Kong) productions
2000
Began work on 2nd script for Little Slices of Death, working title, “The Resurrection of Anne Hendricks”
Science Fiction short story ‘Them’ accepted by BR Fleury Literary Agency (Florida, USA) on behalf of JumpNJupiter (a division of Barnes and Noble) for inclusion in SF Anthology
2001
Worked with Little Slices of Death on script development of a film script “The Toy Shop”, a gruesome tale for children.
2002
Helped develop “Cybernauts”, a children’s animated series for Wow Wee productions
2004
Comedy sketch script accepted by “Shoot The Writers” for ITV. Episode aired August 18th, 2004
Travelogue article “Chiapas: The Burning Heart of Mexico” published in November by The Watford Observer newspaper
2005
Short story “Them” published in Bards and Sages book, “Bardic Tales and Sage Advice”
Aesthetica Magazine publishes “Chiapas: The Burning Heart of Mexico” online
2006
Short story “The Long View” accepted and published by Wet Ink Press in May (see www.thewritersden.com)
1st DVD review for DVD Lard website published online in June (see www.digitallard.com)
Short story “The Long View” accepted by “Hub” Magazine - published February '07. (see www.hub-mag.co.uk)
2007
Short story “The Trial” to be published in InvisibleInk.com’s first anthology book, Invisible Ink 1 in December
2008
Script 'Forbidden' wins 3rd Place in Gimme Credit Short Screenplay Competition.
Novel Blood Family considered by Hodder & Stoughton publishers .
Wrote Christmas horror script Claws with Martin Astles.
Henson Associates contacts me about dramatic rights to Blood Family.
2010
Short story The Foundling accepted by Mirador publishing group UK for use in anthology for Jan/Feb 2011
2012
April – Completed my tenth novel – The Powers, a Young Adult novel about a warrior angel who incarnates in the form of a young man. Began working on Book 2 notes.