Mark Magrs

Mark Magrs (pronounced "Mars"; born 1973 in the North East of England) is an English radio producer, magazine editor and secondary school teacher.
Career
He is the author of various fiction and non-fiction works. His first non-fiction book, Too Much Information (Chipmunka 2008) is an autobiographical account of living with mental illness. He has written one novel aimed at teenagers and young adults, Looking For Atlantis (2009).
He wrote the Big Finish audio production Iris Wildthyme and the Panda Invasion, which was released in 2009.
Mark also contributed to an article in the Times Education Supplement in 2009 - 'Headmaster, I'm Bi-polar'.
Since 2020, Mark has been an occasional blogger (https://funsizemagrs.blogspot.com/) covering subjects such as Mental Health, Teaching, Local Radio and Shoplifting.
Awards
In 2008 Magrs was awarded the New Writing North 'Northern Promise' Award for a children's book that he was developing (later published as Looking For Atlantis). An excerpt from this book was published in the New Writing North 'Ten Years On' Anthology in Autumn 2008.
Family
Mark is the estranged brother of the author Paul Magrs. They haven't spoken since 2008.
Bibliography
Novels
*Looking For Atlantis (2009)
Other works
*"Moving the River" (2008, in New Writing North's 'Ten Years On' Anthology)
Non-Fiction
*Too Much Information (2008)

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