
Mark Mustian is the author of the novels The Return and The Gendarme, the latter a finalist for the Dayton International Literary Peace Prize and shortlisted for the Saroyan International Award for Writing. It won the Florida Gold Book Award for Fiction and has been published in ten languages. The founder and president of the Word of South Festival of Literature and Music in Tallahassee, Florida (https://wordofsouthfestival.com/), his new novel, Boy With Wings, has been named the winner of the Grand Prize for Fiction from Next Generation Indie Book Awards, among other honors. A former Tallahassee City Commissioner, Mark is the president of Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson, P.A., one of the largest local government law firms in Florida, and has traveled to more than 90 countries. More information can be found at https://markmustian.com/.