Mark Frost

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Mark Frost
Born	(1953-11-25) November 25, 1953 New York, New York, United States
Occupation	Novelist, screenwriter, director, film producer
Nationality	American
Period	1984–present
Genres	Mystery, supernatural
Notable work(s)	Twin Peaks, Hill Street Blues, The List of Seven, The Six Messiahs
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Mark Frost (born November 25, 1953) is an American novelist, screenwriter, director and film producer, best known as a writer for the television series Hill Street Blues and as the co-creator of the television series Twin Peaks.

Career

Frost was a writer for the NBC television series Hill Street Blues. He co-created the ABC television series Twin Peaks^[1] and On the Air with David Lynch. He co-wrote and directed the film Storyville, co-wrote Fantastic Four and wrote The Greatest Game Ever Played, based on his book of the same name.

His other books on golf are The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever, about a 1956 match pitting pros Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson against amateurs Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi, and The Grand Slam, about the 1930 golf season of Bobby Jones. His fictional works include The List of Seven, The Six Messiahs, and The Second Objective.

Personal life

Born in New York, Frost moved with his family to Los Angeles during his childhood. He is the son of actor Warren Frost and the brother of actress Lindsay Frost and writer Scott Frost.^[2]

Bibliography

Fiction

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (1990)
The List of Seven (1993)
The Six Messiahs (1995)
Before I Wake (1997) under the pseudonym Eric Bowman
The Second Objective (2009)
Paladin Prophecy 1: The Paladin Prophecy (2012)
Paladin Prophecy 2: The Alliance (2013)

Non-fiction

The Greatest Game Ever Played: A True Story (2002)
The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, And the Story of Golf (2006)
The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever (2007)
Game Six (2009)

Filmography

Television

Notes

↑ Frost, Mark (2002). The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vandon, Francis Ouimet , and the Birth of Modern Golf. Hyperion Books. ISBN 978-0-786-8692-06.
↑ "Biography | Mark Frost – novelist, television/film writer, director, producer". bymarkfrost.com. Retrieved December 6, 2010.

External links

Official web site
Mark Frost at the Internet Movie Database
Mark Frost at Allmovie

v t e Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama (1980–1989)

Stephen J. Cannell for "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe" (1980) Steven Bochco & Michael Kozoll for "Hill Street Station" (1981) Michael Wagner for "The World According to Freedom" (1982) David Milch for "Trial By Fury" (1983) Steven Bochco & Mark Frost & Karen Hall & Jeff Lewis & David Milch & Michael Wagner for "Grace Under Pressure" (1984) Georgia Jeffries for "An Unusual Occurrence" / Anthony Yerkovich for "Brother's Keeper" (1985) Debra Frank & Carl Sautter for "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" / Tom Fontana & John Masius & Bruce Paltrow for "Remembrance of Things Past" (1986) Georgia Jeffries for "Turn, Turn, Turn" / Debra Frank & Carl Sautter for "It's a Wonderful Job" (1987) Susan Shilliday for "Therapy" / Marshall Herskovitz & Edward Zwick for "Pilot" (thirtysomething) (1988) Karl Schaefer for "Rolling" (1989)

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Persondata
Name	Frost, Mark
Alternative names
Short description	American writer
Date of birth	November 25, 1953
Place of birth	New York City
Date of death
Place of death

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