Mark Landry grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana. After a summer internship at Lucasfilm while in college at LSU, he applied and was accepted to USC's School of Cinematic Arts. There, he concentrated on screenwriting, story structure, and the artistic and technical aspects of creative project management. He co-wrote "Teen Beach Movie" for the Disney Channel (2013), after which he focused on creating his first graphic novel, a post-Katrina New Orleans thriller entitled, "Bloodthirsty: One Nation Under Water" (2015/16).