Mark Andrew Ferguson is a writer, designer, and brand strategist living in Tucson, Arizona. After graduating with a BA in English from Rutgers University, Mark spent eight years working in publishing, most of that time marketing hardcovers for the Harper imprint. His first book, The Lost Boys Symphony grew out of his personal experiences with a close friend suffering from mental illness. This story, combined with a time travel conceit he'd thought up for a sketch comedy group at Rutgers, evolved over the course of ten years before the novel was completed. His next book, a middle grade novel about a haunting in the Empire State Building, will be published by Kathy Dawson Books/Penguin Books for Young Readers sometime between 2020-2021.