Mark studied for some years at the University of Wales, where he became interested in medieval literature, particularly the legend of King Arthur. But it was in graduate school that he met a clever and beautiful American woman, whom he moved to the United States to marry.

Mark Adderley

Like Lewis Carroll's famous Cat, Mark Adderley was born in Cheshire, England. His early influences included C. S. Lewis, Rosemary Sutcliffe, Enid Blyton, and adventure books of various kinds, and his teacher once wrote on his report card, “He should go in for being an author.” That advice stuck with him. Later on, he read such authors as J. R. R. Tolkien, William Shakespeare, T. H. White, Sir Thomas Malory, and others.

In 1999, Mark received a PhD in Medieval and Renaissance Literature from the University of South Florida. He has spent some time teaching writing and literature in America, and now lives in Lillington, North Carolina. He is the author of a number of novels about King Arthur for adults, and originally wrote the McCracken books for his younger two children.

Image: LZ 120, from Soviet Encylopaedia, 1926; courtesy of Alamy

Address

716 Colonial Hills Drive
Lillington, NC 27546

Contacts

605-655-4346
markadderley@sbcglobal.net