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name: Mark Huntley Parsons
about: Mark Parsons’ YA novel, ROAD RASH (Knopf/Random House) is a band-on-the-road novel which explores coming into adulthood. It was named to the 2015 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults list, as well as Bank Street College’s Best Children’s Books of the Year list.Before that Parsons wrote primarily non-fiction for several years, penning a couple hundred articles for national publications as well as a pair of non-fiction books.“I love the writing process, whether it’s fiction or non-fiction,” Parsons says. “But with this book, I knew I wanted create a work with a young male protagonist, one who’s on his way… but maybe not quite there yet.”Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Parsons was an instructor for a Fortune 500 corporation. He lives in C Mark Parsons’ YA novel, ROAD RASH (Knopf/Random House) is a band-on-the-road novel which explores coming into adulthood. It was named to the 2015 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults list, as well as Bank Street College’s Best Children’s Books of the Year list.Before that Parsons wrote primarily non-fiction for several years, penning a couple hundred articles for national publications as well as a pair of non-fiction books.“I love the writing process, whether it’s fiction or non-fiction,” Parsons says. “But with this book, I knew I wanted create a work with a young male protagonist, one who’s on his way… but maybe not quite there yet.”Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Parsons was an instructor for a Fortune 500 corporation. He lives in California with his wife, also a children’s author. They occasionally make very loud noises in the band Risky Whippet.Steampunk before steampunk was a thing, Parsons has an affinity for arcane machinery such as classic British single-cylinder motorcycles, antique talking machines, and turn-of-the-century large format cameras. He holds an E-ticket with Col. Jeff Cooper’s signature on it. ...more