Mark T. Sullivan (born 1958)
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Biography and career

Sullivan was born and raised in

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, a suburb of

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. He earned a BA in English from

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in 1980. After graduating, he served as a volunteer in the

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, teaching English to children of

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nomads in the Sahara Desert. Sullivan returned to the United States in 1982 and studied at the

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in Evanston, Illinois. He began writing fiction at 30, and his first novel, ''The Fall Line'' (1994), was a ''New York Times'' Notable Book of the Year. His 2017 novel, ''Beneath a Scarlet Sky,'' was optioned in 2017 by Pascal Pictures with actor

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attached to star in the lead role.

Books

* ''The Fall Line'' (1994), * ''Hard News'' (1995), * ''The Purification Ceremony'' (1996), * ''Ghost Dance'' (1995), * ''Labyrinth'' (2001), * ''The Serpent's Kiss'' (2003), * ''Triple Cross'' (2009), * ''Rogue'' (October 2012, ebook 2011), *'' Private Games'' (January 2012) (written with James Patterson) *'' Private Berlin'' (January 2013) (written with Patterson) * ''Outlaw'' (October 2013) *'' Private L.A.'' (February 2014) (written with Patterson) * ''Thief'' (December 2014) *'' Private Paris'' (March 2016) (written with Patterson) * '' The Games: A Private Novel ''(June 2016) (written with Patterson) *''The Second Woman'' (2017) * ''Beneath a Scarlet Sky'' (2017), * ''The Last Green Valley'' (2021), * ''All The Glimmering Stars'' (2024),

References

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website, at http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/127642.Mark_T_Sullivan . *

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website, at http://www.walmart.com/tp/mark-t-sullivan . * Bookreporter.com website, at https://web.archive.org/web/20141220025511/http://www.bookreporter.com.asp1-14.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/authors/au-sullivan-mark.asp .

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