Mark David Gerson

Mark David Gerson is the award-winning author and creator of the series The Legend of Q'ntana and The Sara Stories, as well as more than a dozen other books.

Mark David Gerson
Born1954
Montreal
OccupationAuthor, Screenwriter
GenresFantasy, Non-Fiction
Years active2006 - Present
Children1

Life and Career

A Montreal native, Gerson spent over a decade as a freelance writer, editor, and broadcaster. Between the years of 1981 and 1994, he contributed pieces to the Montreal Star, The Gazette (Montreal), the Ottawa Journal, The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star, as well as to a variety of magazines and to CBC Radio and Radio Canada International. During much of his time in Canada he was the Canadian stringer for The Chronicle of Higher Education and Times Higher Education, then known as The Times Higher Education Supplement.

It was also in Canada that he started writing his first novel, The MoonQuest, beginning it in Toronto and writing most of the first two drafts in Nova Scotia.

Gerson left Canada in 1997 and has since lived in various parts of the United States. He has one daughter.

He is openly gay. His series, The Sara Stories, features queer characters and themes, and he recounts his experience of coming out in his memoir, Acts of Surrender.

Written Works

Gerson is the author of the fantasy series The Legend of Q'ntana. The series includes four books: The MoonQuest (2007), The StarQuest (2013) The SunQuest (2014), and The Bard of Bryn Doon (2021).

In 2015, Gerson released the first instalment in his second series, The Sara Stories. To date there are three entries in the saga: Sara's Year, After Sara's Year and The Emmeline Papers. The series is set in London, Nova Scotia, and Gerson's native Montreal.

He has written three memoirs Acts of Surrender: A Writer's Memoir (2012), Dialogues with the Divine: Encounters with My Wisest Self (2013), Pilgrimage: A Fool's Journey (2021).

His books on writing include Writer's Block Unblocked: Seven Surefire Ways to Free Up Your Writing and Creative Flow (2014), From Memory to Memoir: Writing the Stories of Your Life(2014), Organic Screenwriting: Writing for Film, Naturally (2014), and Birthing Your Book...Even If You Don't Know What It's About (2014).

The MoonQuest, the first feature film in Legends of Q'ntana series, is currently in development from Gerson's screenplay.

Awards

The MoonQuest, the first book in The Legend of Q'ntana series, has won multiple national and regional awards, as has Gerson's book on writing and creativity, The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write.

As an unpublished author in 2006, Gerson won a New Mexico Discovery Award for The MoonQuest manuscript. In 2008, The MoonQuest won the Gold Medal Independent Publisher Book Award for best visionary fiction and a New Mexico Book Award for best science fiction/fantasy book of the year. In 2014, the title won a Canada Book Award.

In 2009, Gerson again won an Independent Publisher Book Award, this time a silver medal, and a New Mexico Book Award for The Voice of the Muse.

Mark David Gerson, author/creator of The Legend of Q'ntana, Acts of Surrender: A Writer's Memoir, The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write, and more.

Bibliography
Target/Type Genre Series/Description Title Date Ref
Fiction Fantasy The Legend of Q'ntana The MoonQuest 2007 [1]
The StarQuest 2013 [2]
The SunQuest 2014 [3]
The Bard of Bryn Doon 2021 [4]
Drama The Sara Stories Sara's Year 2015 [5]
After Sara's Year 2016 [6]
The Emmeline Papers 2017 [7]
Non-fiction Memoir Acts of Surrender: A Writer's Memoir 2012 [8]
Dialogues with the Divine: Encounters with My Wisest Self 2013 [9]
Pilgrimage: A Fool's Journey 2021 [10]
Writing The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write 2008 [11]
Writer's Block Unblocked: Seven Surefire Ways to Free Up Your Writing and Creative Flow 2013 [12]
From Memory to Memoir: Writing the Stories of Your Life 2014 [13]
Organic Screenwriting: Writing for Film, Naturally 2014 [14]
Birthing Your Book...Even If You Don't Know What It's About 2014 [15]
Engage: Winning Social Media Strategies for Authors 2016 [16]
The Heartful Art of Revision: An Intuitive Guide to Editing 2020 [17]
Self Help The Book of Messages: Writings Inspired by Melchizedek 2003 [18]
The Way of The Fool: How to Stop Worrying About Life and Start Living It! 2018 [19]
The Way of the Imperfect Fool: How to Bust the Addiction to Perfection That's Stifling Your Success! 2019 [20]

References
  1. Gerson, Gerson (2022-04-06). "The Moonquest".
  2. Gerson, Mark (2022-04-06). "The StarQuest".
  3. Gerson, Mark (2022-04-06). "The SunQuest".
  4. Gerson, Mark (2022-04-06). "The Bard of Bryn Doon".
  5. "Sara's Year". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  6. "After Sara's Year". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  7. "The Emmeline Papers". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  8. "From Memory to Memoir: Writing the Stories of Your Life". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  9. "Dialogues with the Divine: Encounters with My Wisest Self". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  10. "Pilgrimage: A Fool's Journey". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  11. "The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  12. "Writer's Block Unblocked: Seven Surefire Ways to Free Up Your Writing and Creative Flow". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  13. "From Memory to Memoir: Writing the Stories of Your Life". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  14. "Organic Screenwriting: Writing for Film, Naturally". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  15. "Birthing Your Book...Even If You Don't Know What It's About". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  16. Gerson, Mark David (2016-10-25). Engage!: Winning Social Media Strategies for Authors. MDG Media International.
  17. "The Heartful Art of Revision: An Intuitive Guide to Editing". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  18. "The Book of Messages: Writings Inspired by Melchizedek". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  19. "The Way of The Fool: How to Stop Worrying About Life and Start Living It!". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  20. "The Way of the Imperfect Fool: How to Bust the Addiction to Perfection That's Stifling Your Success!". Mark David Gerson. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
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