Mark Rickerby

Co-owner and producer at Temple Gate Films, 'Mark Rickerby' (qv) has authored several books and contributed stories to over 25 Chicken Soup for the Soul titles, and numerous magazines, such as Black Belt and Inside Kung Fu. He is the co-creator, producer, and head writer of Harmony, a western series in development with Dragonslayer Productions and Temple Gate Films. He is assigned to co-produce The World Wonders - The Pacific at War, a nonfiction series in development about three little-known and inadequately celebrated companies in WWII who turned the tide of the war. He has written or co-written a variety of screenplays in various stages of development. A short film script based on one of his short stories won Bravo channel's annual grand prize. A fiction story he wrote for Black Belt magazine inspired the editor to end a ban on fiction of over 20 years and was called a "masterpiece" by one reviewer. Mark has a degree in stage acting and has been a gypsy of writing classes for decades. He also works part-time as a script supervisor, copy editor, and ghost writer. A word nerd of the highest order, Mark has been awash in a sea of words his entire adult life, and very happy to be there. Also keep an eye out for a feature film Mark was script supervisor for titled Jeremy, a "father quest" adventure in the classic 1950's Disney, family-friendly style.::'Mark Rickerby' (qv)