Mark Tavani joined the David Black Agency in 2023. He started his publishing career in 2000 as an editor with Ballantine Books and spent over 23 years at imprints across Penguin Random House. He edited bestsellers and award-winners including books by Jim Abbott, Steve Berry, C.J. Box, Robert Crais, Justin Cronin, Clive and Dirk Cussler, Jeffery Deaver, Karen Dionne, George Dohrmann, Lisa Gardner, Charlie Huston, Jack McCallum, Lisa Scottoline, Bill Simmons, and R.L. Stine.

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Mark has a degree in Creative Writing from the University of Pittsburgh. He studied abroad with Semester at Sea and later worked as a forestry aid in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. He lives with his wife, his daughters, and a headstrong dog in Rutherford, New Jersey.

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He represents:

• a range of literary and commercial fiction that entertains and enriches the lives of readers, from book club novels to thrillers, mysteries, and speculative fiction

• nonfiction that illuminates or inspires, including narrative nonfiction, memoir, big ideas, wellness, history, and sports

• collaborative writers who partner with authors​

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Mark is not accepting unsolicited queries at this time. ​

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mtavani@dblackagency.com