Mark T. Sullivan
Illustration — Author Mark T. Sullivan Mark T. Sullivan (born 1958) is an American author who writes mystery, suspense and historical fiction novels. His fourteen published works that are written solely by him include The Fall Line, The Purification Ceremony, Triple Cross, Rogue and the USA Today and Washington Post bestselling novel, Beneath a Scarlet Sky. He has also written, as of June 2016, five novels with James Patterson.
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Mark T. Sullivan

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- 1958 · Framingham.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- journalist · writer · novelist
- Fields
- investigative journalism · historical novel · prose
- Education
- Medill School of Journalism · Hamilton College
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Author Mark T. Sullivan Mark T. Sullivan (born 1958) is an American author who writes mystery, suspense and historical fiction novels. His fourteen published works that are written solely by him include The Fall Line, The Purification Ceremony, Triple Cross, Rogue and the USA Today and Washington Post bestselling novel, Beneath a Scarlet Sky. He has also written, as of June 2016, five novels with James Patterson.
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Sullivan was born and raised in Medfield, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. He earned a BA in English from Hamilton College in 1980. After graduating, he served as a volunteer in the Peace Corps, teaching English to children of Tuareg nomads in the Sahara Desert. Sullivan returned to the United States in 1982 and studied at the Medill School of Journalism of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He began writing fiction at 30, and his first novel, The Fall Line (1994), was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His 2017 novel, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, was optioned in 2017 by Pascal Pictures with actor Tom Holland attached to star in the lead role.
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1958
Mark T. Sullivan was born on 28 June 1958.
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• The Fall Line (1994), • Hard News (1995), • The Purification Ceremony (1996), • Ghost Dance (1995), • Labyrinth (2001), • The Serpent's Kiss (2003), • Triple Cross (2009), • Rogue (October 2012, ebook 2011), • Private Games (January 2012) (written with James Patterson) • Private Berlin (January 2013) (written with Patterson) • Outlaw (October 2013) • Private L.A. (February 2014) (written with Patterson) • Thief (December 2014) • Private Paris (March 2016) (written with Patterson) • The Games: A Private Novel (June 2016) (written with Patterson) • The Second Woman (2017) • Beneath a Scarlet Sky (2017), • The Last Green Valley (2021), • All The Glimmering Stars (2024),
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- 1.LOC record for Mark T. Sullivan
- 2.Beneath a Scarlet Sky. USA TODAY.
- 3.Bestsellers: National Fiction. The Washington Post. January 28, 2018.
- 4.James Patterson website, at https://www.jamespatterson.com/books.php#.VG2Xq8J0zIU .
- 5.About Mark Accessed 1 June 2012.
- 6.Notable Books of the Year: 1994. The New York Times. 1994-12-04. 0362-4331.
- 7.Fleming, Mike Jr. Pascal Pictures Lands 'Beneath A Scarlet Sky' For Tom Holland. Deadline. 2017-08-15.
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