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Mark London Williams is an American author, playwright, journalist, and creator of the Golden Duck-nominated, Los Angeles Times Bestselling young adult time travel series Danger Boy , and author of Max Random and the Zombie 500. [1]
As a journalist, Williams has written for Variety , Los Angeles Times online, Los Angeles Business Journal , Below the Line and others, and was formerly an executive editor for Digital Coast Reporter . Currently, he is a columnist for British Cinematographer magazine , writing a recurring U.S. dispatch, and a contributor to several other sites covering the crafts side of film and TV making. " [2]
Williams has also written short fiction and comic books. He worked as a video game script doctor, and has had several plays produced in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London. Max Random is in development as a series by Event Horizon productions.[ citation needed ]
He lives in Los Angeles.
Danger Boy series
Comic Book Work
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