Author Mark Stevens

Member, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
Member, Sisters in Crime
Member, Colorado Authors League

The son of two librarians, Mark Stevens was raised in Lincoln, Massachusetts, graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School and, four years later, from Principia College in Illinois. He worked as a reporter for The Christian Science Monitor in Boston and Los Angeles, covering a variety of events and issues from the economy, commercial fishing, the environment, politics and all the colorful people and events of southern California. Following a move to Denver, he worked for The Rocky Mountain News, covering City Hall for three years. When he learned that The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour was expanding its production he was lucky enough to be invited to join the team – they were actually looking for somebody with no television experience, which suited him perfectly. For six years, he produced field documentaries across the United States and Latin America. He covered the 1985 earthquake in Mexico City, NASA’s space shuttle disaster, a volcano eruption in Colombia, political upheavals in Nicaragua, and mudslides in Puerto Rico. His “master of disaster” title, he was told, referred to the stories he covered, not the quality of the reports. After tending bar for a year on a self-financed sabbatical (and to write fiction), he joined The Denver Post to cover education. Those five years of reporting led to a position as Director of Communications with Denver Public Schools for more 11 years and then with the school district in Greeley for a year. He now works in communications with the state department of education. Stevens lives near Congress Park in beautiful downtown Denver with his wife, Jody Chapel, and two daughters, Ally and Justine.

Aspen Public Radio Interview: Buried by the Roan

A December interview with Aspen Public Radio reporter Luke Runyon: http://www.aspenpublicradio.org/news_archive_detail.php?story=8997

A Moment of Thanks

Game Changer

“This American Life” Report

“Flat-Out Terrific”

Advance commentary from writers is starting to roll in.

Antler Dust - Four Years Later

Brand new review & what it means

Fracking

Buried by the Roan: what is it about?

The writing is flawless.

Antler Dust, the first in the Allison Coil series, is an excellent debut for Mark Stevens. The writing is flawless. Stevens even-handedly handles the issues of hunting from both the pro and con viewpoints. As for Antler Dust, it is definitely in the “con” category, an example of the lengths some people will go to make a buck — or a lot of bucks. The setting is vividly described, letting the reader experience both the beauty and the danger of the wilderness in winter. Allison has her flaws, but she demonstrates the resilience of the human spirit.