Mark Ethridge (born May 28, 1949) is a novelist, screenwriter, and communications consultant. His novel ''Grievances'' was released in 2006, and adapted into the 2012 film ''

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''. A native of

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, North Carolina, he attended

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and graduated cum laude from

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in 1971 with a degree in history. In 1985–86 he was a

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. Ethridge has been married since c. 1972. He has two grown children.

Writing career

Ethridge began as a reporter for the Associated Press, worked as a reporter and editor at ''The Charlotte Observer'' and was managing editor from 1979 to 1988. He played a key role in the newsroom's two Pulitzer Prizes for Public Service – for an investigation of brown lung disease and for the PTL scandal. From 1989 to 1998, Ethridge was

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and publisher of ''

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''. He supervised a number of other business journals across the country and several publications devoted to

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racing for Newhouse/Advance. In 1998, Ethridge became president and part-owner of

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, a

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and

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based in

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, North Carolina, which became a part of

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in 2000. He was president of Carolina Parenting, Inc. which publishes ''Charlotte Parent'' magazine and the parenting magazines in Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point and Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill from 1990 to 2014. His first novel, ''Grievances'', was published in May 2006 by

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, a movie version for which he wrote the screenplay, premiered in 2012. His second novel, ''Fallout'', was published in February 2012 by

Published works

* "Grievances" (2006) * "

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" (2012)

Film adaptations

* ''

'' (2012)

References

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