Mark Damon PuckettMark Damon Puckett is the author of 4 books, The Nihilistics, The Killer Detective Novelist, YOU with The Ill-usives and The Reclusives. You can read more about him at markdamonpuckett.com where you can also see updates about his art. He lives in Ashville, North Carolina. Puckett spent a year as an English Speaking Union Fellow at King's College in Taunton, Somerset, England. He later received his BA in English at Davidson College then completed 3 graduate degrees at Middlebury College: MA in English, MLitt in African-American Studies and MLitt in Poetry. He also did his MFA in Fiction and Playwriting at the University of Houston where he studied with famous playwright, Edward Albee, who produced his first play, Do Not Miss the Main Attraction. Puckett is widely published and has taught creative writing for over 25 years at various colleges, including SUNY-Purchase and the MA in Writing Program at Lenoir-Rhyne in Asheville. His art has been in a gallery and he does commissions all over the country. He also plays the harmonica belt, cornet, trumpet and piano. He has been a Honda salesman in Santa Monica and a travel editor on Fifth Avenue. He has traveled the world and been to all 50 states. He also runs a book editing business in Westport, Connecticut. Contact him via markdamonpuckett.com where you can find links to his Facebook and Instagram. Read More Read Less