Mark Tavani started his publishing career in 2000 with Ballantine Books and spent over 23 years with Penguin Random House, Bantam, Del Rey, and G.P. Putnam's Sons. He edited bestsellers and award-winners across numerous categories of fiction and nonfiction, including books by Jim Abbott, Steve Berry, C.J. Box, Robert Crais, Justin Cronin, Clive and Dirk Cussler, Jeffery Deaver, George Dohrmann, Lisa Gardner, Jack McCallum, Lisa Scottoline, Bill Simmons, and R.L. Stine. He represents both fiction and nonfiction. 

 

Mark represents a wide range of literary and commercial fiction, including book club novels, thrillers, mysteries, speculative fiction, and historical fiction. He enjoys representing fiction that entertains and enriches the lives of readers. 

 

He represents nonfiction that illuminates or inspires. He works with experts and journalists, especially those in the spaces of narrative nonfiction, big ideas, wellness, history, and sports. Mark also represents collaborative writers who partner with authors in such spaces. 

 

Recently placed projects include BLOOD AND TREASURE by Ryan Pote (Berkley), THE LIFE OF KOBE by Chris Palmer (Grand Central), ALL CARRY by Gene Wojciechowski (Crown), AGAINST CONVENIENCE by Gabe Bullard (Hanover Square Press), BECOMING WORTHY by James Worthy and Phil Taylor (Avid Reader Press), and DEEP COVER by Zach Dorfman (Crown).

 

Mark has a degree in Creative Writing from the University of Pittsburgh. He circumnavigated the globe as a student on 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. 

 

Mark is not accepting unsolicited queries at this time.