Author: Steven Kristofferson
Alternate names: Mark
Born: 1952
Bio: Mark was born into working class inner Sydney in 1952, when quaint cars had to contend with cheeky children playing ball games in the streets. While still a boy, his family was caught up like others in the phenomenon of urban drift, settling in a sandy, easy going suburb with a French name that actually meant "without care". 

As a young man, he struggled to understand how people could be discarded when their factories were still in tact. This led to a degree and career in economics but, in between, he has worked as a factory hand, psychiatric nurse, cab driver, military officer and statistician.  

Pondering greater questions of cause and effect, he took a second degree in philosophy and mathematics in the 1980's, which has given him plenty to think and write about ever since.
Shortly afterwards, he met his tolerant partner through a common interest in motorcycling and, for a time, she even let him write on the walls inside their house. Together they have raised two daughters and a succession of terriers, guinea pigs, and stroppy chooks.