MARK MANDELL first copyrighted Diary of the Twentieth-Century Elizabethan Poet with the Library of Congress in 1999, then, with a couple of exceptions, more or less stuck it on a shelf to collect dust. He writes everything from short, existentialist vignettes, several of which have been published, to haiku and senryu. Mark has recently completed his second novel, A Piece of Work, an occasionally humorous yet disturbing peek into the life of a deluded sociopath, and is in the beginning stages of seeking publication for his latest work.

Mark was raised in and lives in South Florida, smokes too many cigarettes, drinks Guinness like it's water, and is in dire need of female companionship.

Diary is Mark’s first book-length published work.