Mark David Gerson
Mark David Gerson | |
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| Born | 1954 Montreal |
| Occupation | Author, Screenwriter |
| Genres | Fantasy, Non-Fiction |
| Years active | 2006 - Present |
| Children | 1 |
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Mark David Gerson is the award-winning author and creator of the series The Legend of Q'ntana and The Sara Stories, as well as more than a dozen other books.
Life and career[edit]
A Montreal native, Gerson spent over a decade as a freelance writer, editor, and broadcaster. Between the years of 1981 and 1994, he contributed pieces to the Montreal Star, The Gazette (Montreal), the Ottawa Journal, The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star, as well as to a variety of magazines and to CBC Radio and Radio Canada International. During much of his time in Canada he was the Canadian stringer for The Chronicle of Higher Education and Times Higher Education, then known as The Times Higher Education Supplement.
It was also in Canada that he started writing his first novel, The MoonQuest, beginning it in Toronto and writing most of the first two drafts in Nova Scotia.
Gerson left Canada in 1997 and has since lived in various parts of the United States. He has one daughter.
He is openly gay. His series, The Sara Stories, features queer characters and themes, and he recounts his experience of coming out in his memoir, Acts of Surrender.
Written Works[edit]
Gerson is the author of the fantasy series The Legend of Q'ntana. The series includes four books: The MoonQuest (2007), The StarQuest (2013) The SunQuest (2014), and The Bard of Bryn Doon (2021).
In 2015, Gerson released the first instalment in his second series, The Sara Stories. To date there are three entries in the saga: Sara's Year, After Sara's Year and The Emmeline Papers. The series is set in London, Nova Scotia, and Gerson's native Montreal.
He has written three memoirs: Acts of Surrender: A Writer's Memoir (2012), Dialogues with the Divine: Encounters with My Wisest Self] (2013), and Pilgrimage: A Fool's Journey (2021).
His books on writing include Writer's Block Unblocked: Seven Surefire Ways to Free Up Your Writing and Creative Flow (2014), From Memory to Memoir: Writing the Stories of Your Life(2014), Organic Screenwriting: Writing for Film, Naturally (2014), and Birthing Your Book...Even If You Don't Know What It's About (2014).
The MoonQuest, the first feature film in Legends of Q'ntana series, is currently in development from Gerson's screenplay.
Awards[edit]
The MoonQuest, the first book in The Legend of Q'ntana series, has won multiple national and regional awards, as has Gerson's book on writing and creativity, The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write.
As an unpublished author in 2006, Gerson won a New Mexico Discovery Award for The MoonQuest manuscript. In 2008, The MoonQuest won the Gold Medal Independent Publisher Book Award for best visionary fiction and a New Mexico Book Award for best science fiction/fantasy book of the year. In 2014, the title won a Canada Book Award.
In 2009, Gerson again won an Independent Publisher Book Award, this time a silver medal, and a New Mexico Book Award for The Voice of the Muse.
Bibliography[edit]
| Target/Type | Genre | Series/Description | Title | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | Fantasy | The Legend of Q'ntana | The MoonQuest | 2007 | [1] |
| The StarQuest | 2013 | [2] | |||
| The SunQuest | 2014 | [3] | |||
| The Bard of Bryn Doon | 2021 | [4] | |||
| The Lost Horse of Bryn Doon | 2023 | [5] | |||
| Drama | The Sara Stories | Sara's Year | 2015 | [6] | |
| After Sara's Year | 2016 | [7] | |||
| The Emmeline Papers | 2017 | [8] | |||
| Non-fiction | Memoir | Acts of Surrender: A Writer's Memoir | 2012 | [9] | |
| Dialogues with the Divine: Encounters with My Wisest Self | 2013 | [10] | |||
| Pilgrimage: A Fool's Journey | 2021 | [11] | |||
| Writing | The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write | 2008 | [12] | ||
| From Memory to Memoir: Writing the Stories of Your Life | 2014 | [13] | |||
| Organic Screenwriting: Writing for Film, Naturally | 2014 | [14] | |||
| Birthing Your Book...Even If You Don't Know What It's About | 2014 | [15] | |||
| Engage: Winning Social Media Strategies for Authors | 2016 | [16] | |||
| The Heartful Art of Revision: An Intuitive Guide to Editing | 2020 | [17] | |||
| Writer's Block Unblocked: Seven Surefire Ways to Free Up Your Writing and Creative Flow | 2022 | [18] | |||
| Self Help | The Book of Messages: Writings Inspired by Melchizedek | 2003 | [19] | ||
| The Way of The Fool: How to Stop Worrying About Life and Start Living It! | 2018 | [20] | |||
| The Way of the Imperfect Fool: How to Bust the Addiction to Perfection That's Stifling Your Success! | 2019 | [21] | |||
| The Way of the Abundant Fool: How to Bust Free of “Not Enough” and Break Free into Prosperity! | 2022 | [22] |
References[edit]
- ↑ Gerson, Gerson (2022-04-06). "The Moonquest".
- ↑ Gerson, Mark (2022-04-06). "The StarQuest".
- ↑ Gerson, Mark (2022-04-06). "The SunQuest".
- ↑ Gerson, Mark (2022-04-06). "The Bard of Bryn Doon".
- ↑ "The Lost Horse of Bryn Doon". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- ↑ "Sara's Year". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ "After Sara's Year". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ "The Emmeline Papers". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ "From Memory to Memoir: Writing the Stories of Your Life". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ "Dialogues with the Divine: Encounters with My Wisest Self". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ "Pilgrimage: A Fool's Journey". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ "The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ↑ "From Memory to Memoir: Writing the Stories of Your Life". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ "Organic Screenwriting: Writing for Film, Naturally". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ "Birthing Your Book...Even If You Don't Know What It's About". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ Gerson, Mark David (2016-10-25). Engage!: Winning Social Media Strategies for Authors. MDG Media International. Search this book on
- ↑ "The Heartful Art of Revision: An Intuitive Guide to Editing". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ "Writer's Block Unblocked: Seven Surefire Ways to Free Up Your Writing and Creative Flow". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ "The Book of Messages: Writings Inspired by Melchizedek". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ↑ "The Way of The Fool: How to Stop Worrying About Life and Start Living It!". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ "The Way of the Imperfect Fool: How to Bust the Addiction to Perfection That's Stifling Your Success!". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ↑ "The Way of the Abundant Fool: How to Bust Free of "Not Enough" and Break Free into Prosperity!". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
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