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Short biography
Mark Brownlow is a British-born writer living in Vienna, Austria. His debut novel, Cake and Courtship, is a Regency tale narrated by Pride and Prejudice’s Mr Bennet. He has also written a short story – A Third Proposal – and two novellas, The Lovesick Maid and The Darcy Ring: “Charlotte Collins Mysteries” set in Jane Austen’s fictional village of Hunsford. You can find Mark at LostOpinions.com. When not writing or teaching, he watches costume drama and football (though not at the same time).
Longer biography
Mark Brownlow is a British-born writer living in Vienna, Austria. His debut novel, Cake and Courtship, is a Regency tale narrated by Pride and Prejudice’s Mr Bennet. He has also written a short story – A Third Proposal – and two novellas, The Lovesick Maid and The Darcy Ring: “Charlotte Collins Mysteries” set in Jane Austen’s fictional village of Hunsford. You can find Mark at LostOpinions.com.
Science degrees from the Universities of Oxford, Aberdeen and Reading prefaced a short-lived career as a research academic. Since turning from facts to fiction, Mark has also worked as a translator, marketing consultant, journalist, business writer, and copywriter. None of which kept his soul happy in the way that creative writing does. When not writing, he works as a travel journalist and part-time lecturer in medical and scientific English at a local university.
If there is no pen to hand, he can be found watching his kids play football or sharing a glass of wine with his wife in front of a costume or historical drama.
Mark’s website
Mark’s author page at Goodreads
Mark’s author page at Amazon.co.uk
Mark’s author page at Amazon.com
Mark on Twitter
Mark on Facebook
Possible interview questions
General:
- What brought you to the historical and romance genres?
- Why are Jane Austen’s novels still relevant and popular over 200 years after her death?
- Are adaptations and fan fiction a legitimate writing form?
- Who are your favourite Jane Austen characters?
- Are you working on any other books?
- Do you have any writing rituals?
- 1995 or 2005 Pride and Prejudice?
- How authentic does a Regency novel need to be in terms of language and historical fact?
- What are the challenges when writing in the Jane Austen universe?
On Cake and Courtship:
- Why choose Mr Bennet as protagonist and narrator?
- Was it challenging to get inside Mr Bennet’s head?
- Why invent a new “hero and heroine” to place inside the Austen universe?
- There is little Mr Darcy in Cake and Courtship – aren’t you worried this will upset Jane Austen fans?
- Are there plans for a sequel?
On The Lovesick Maid and The Darcy Ring:
- Why choose Charlotte Collins (formerly Lucas) as a protagonist?
- Why write a novella and not a novel?
- Are there plans for more?
- What does Hunsford look like?
- Just how condescending is Lady Catherine?
Author photo
Book photos
Blog tour Feb/Mar 2018
Photos below, and more details and links here.
