Mark Tavani started his publishing career in 2000 with Ballantine Books and spent over 23 years with Penguin Random House, Bantam, Del Rey, and G.P. Putnam's Sons. He edited bestsellers and award-winners across numerous categories of fiction and nonfiction, including books by Jim Abbott, Steve Berry, C.J. Box, Robert Crais, Justin Cronin, Clive and Dirk Cussler, Jeffery Deaver, George Dohrmann, Lisa Gardner, Jack McCallum, Lisa Scottoline, Bill Simmons, and R.L. Stine. 

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Mark Tavani represents:

• a range of literary and commercial fiction that entertains and enriches the lives of readers, from book club novels to thrillers, mysteries, and speculative fiction

• nonfiction that illuminates or inspires, including narrative nonfiction, big ideas, wellness, history, and sports

• collaborative writers who partner with authors

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Fiction projects include BLOOD AND TREASURE by Ryan Pote (Berkley), ALL CARRY by Gene Wojciechowski (Crown), BABY QUEEN by Ty Landers (HarperPerennial), RIDE-OR-DIE GIRL by Alexander Boldizar, and LOWDOWN IN THE HIGH DESERT by Rob Shafer (Minotaur Books).

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Nonfiction projects include NEVER STOP: LIFE, LEADERSHIP, AND WHAT IT TAKES TO BE GREAT by Dan Hurley and Ian O’Connor (Avid Reader Press), THE EVERYTHING YEARS: NAVIGATING THE PROMISE AND PRESSURE OF YOUR THIRTIES by Annie Wright (Norton), AGAINST CONVENIENCE: EMBRACING FRICTION IN AN AGE OF ENDLESS EASE by Gabe Bullard (Hanover Square Press), BEYOND THE LOOKING GLASS: ADOLESCENT GIRLS’ BODY IMAGE AND SENSE OF SELF IN THE ERA OF SOCIAL MEDIA by Dr. Sophia Choukas-Bradley (Flatiron), LEARNER: SCIENCE-BACKED TOOLS TO HELP ANYONE REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL by Trevor Ragan (Norton), DEEP COVER: A SECRET HISTORY by Zach Dorfman (Crown), and THE STORIES THAT SAVED ME: LESSONS FROM THE WORLD’S GREATEST BOOK CLUB by Jeff Glor (Mariner).

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He started his publishing career in 2000 as an editor with Ballantine Books and spent over 23 years at imprints across Penguin Random House. He edited bestsellers and award-winners including books by Jim Abbott, Steve Berry, C.J. Box, Robert Crais, Justin Cronin, Clive and Dirk Cussler, Jeffery Deaver, George Dohrmann, Lisa Gardner, Jack McCallum, Lisa Scottoline, Bill Simmons, and R.L. Stine.

Mark has a degree in Creative Writing from the University of Pittsburgh. He circumnavigated the globe as a student on Semester at Sea and later worked as a forestry aid in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. He lives with his wife, his daughters, and a headstrong dog in Rutherford, New Jersey.

Mark is not accepting unsolicited queries at this time.

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mtavani@dblackagency.com