Mark Morris (author)
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Mark Morris (born in 1963 in Bolsover) is an author most well known for his series of horror novels, although he has also written two novels based on the BBC Television series Doctor Who. He currently lives in Tadcaster with his wife (the artist Nel Whatmore) and their children. He occasionally writes as JM Morris.
[edit] Work
Mark began his writing career in 1988 as part of the (now defunct) Enterprise Allowance Scheme. His first novel, Toady, was published in 1989 (re-titled The Horror Club and shortened by ⅓ for the US market) and several further books followed: Stitch, The Immaculate, The Secret of Anatomy, Mr Bad Face, Longbarrow, Genesis and Nowhere Near an Angel. He has also published two volumes of short stories, Close to the Bone and Voyages into Darkness (with Stephen Laws) and a novel as "J.M. Morris": Fiddleback (which was re-named The Lonely Places and had a slightly longer epilogue for the US market, which the author claims was "in order to (quote from US editor): 'clarify matters for a US readership.'"[1]). He also wrote the novel The Body Snatchers for BBC Books' Eighth Doctor Adventures range, and the novel Deep Blue for their Past Doctor Adventures range.
His early influences include British horror writer Ramsey Campbell and American horror writer Stephen King.
In addition to his major works, Morris has published the novellas The Dogs and The Uglimen.
He is currently published by the small press publishers PS Publishing and Humdrumming.
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Infinity Plus' Mark Morris page, including two stories.
- Mark Morris fansite
- PS Publishing website
