Mark A. Rayner is a Canadian author of

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

satire Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposin ...

, and

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from

London, Ontario London is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River (Ontario), Thames River and N ...

. His most recent books are ''Alpha Max'' (Monkeyjoy Press, 2021.) and ''The Fatness'' (Monkeyjoy Press, 2017.) The latter won and IndieReader Discovery award for humor and a ndependent Book Publisher Association (IBPA)award for humor (silver). His first novel, ''The Amadeus Net'', was published by

ENC Press ENC Press (Emperor's New Clothes Press) is a small, independent publishing house founded in 2003, in Hoboken, New Jersey, by New York City editor and writer Olga Gardner Galvin. It exclusively publishes full-length novels. Business model ENC Pres ...

in New York in 2005 and his second novel, ''Marvellous Hairy'', was published by Crossing Chaos Enigmatic Ink in 2009 (2e Monkeyjoy Press, 2010.) His third novel, ''The Fridgularity'' (Monkeyjoy Press, 2012.) is a satire of

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and the

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, and won an IndieReader Discovery Award for humor. ''Pirate Therapy and Other Cures'' is a collection of humorous, absurd and satirical short fiction, published by Monkeyjoy Press in early 2012. He has also written numerous short stories, including: Hounding Manny ceans of the Mind A Reluctant Emcee byss & Apexand Any Port in a Storm arsec He has been nominated for the

Prix Aurora Award The Aurora Awards () are a set of primarily literary awards given annually for the best Canadian science fiction or fantasy professional and fan works and achievements from the previous year."Literary glow of Auroras lures galaxy of sci/fi stars". ...

(for short fiction) three times. Rayner teaches in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at The

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO; branded as Western University) is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thame ...

. He is a member of The

Writers' Union of Canada The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is the national organization of professionally published writers. TWUC was founded in 1973 to work with governments, publishers, booksellers, and readers to improve the conditions of Canadian writers. TWUC adv ...

, and is a founding member of The Emily Chesley Reading Circle. He is also the co-host of the Re-Creative podcast.

References

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Canadian Books & AuthorsThe Writer's Union of Canada

External links

Mark A. Rayner's websiteRe-Creative podcast
Canadian science fiction writers Canadian male novelists Canadian satirists Canadian satirical novelists Living people Canadian male non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-writer-stub