After spending ten years as a video games designer and producer Mark has recently left the games industry to write and be a full-time dad to his daughter Megan.

He studied at Newcastle University where he received a BA in English Literature and an MA in Twentieth Century Literature, Film and Television. It was here he met his wife, Sarah.

H.I.V.E. won the Confident Readers 9+ category in Richard and Judy's Children's Book Club in October 2007.