Mark W Schutter

Mark’s memoir “Cowboys Are Not Supposed to Cry” is the story of his experience watching his first wife die at age 26 from breast cancer forcing him to search for answers and healing that impact his writings to this day. Mark is also a published poet and artist who is currently working on several other projects including a second non-fiction book, and a novel trilogy “The Chronicles of Faith.”

“The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That’s the deal.” ~C.S. Lewis

He has lived his entire life in the Pacific Northwest where the land, nature and people both inspire and fuel his writing. His poetry has been featured in several print and online publications as he works on his first full-length book of his poetry that explores the pain that we all face during our lives and the hope that can rise.

“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived – that is to have succeeded.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

He is happily remarried to a wonderful woman who he proclaims is the most beautiful and strongest woman he has ever known. He has been blessed with a beautiful daughter who keeps him young in this second chapter of life that he has been granted. He enjoys horses and mountain biking when not writing. He believes in the ‘ripple effect,’ to touch one life and you may touch the world for to share the journey, however brief, is a wonderful gift. His wish is to share the joys, the sorrows, the hope and healing to inspire others to live despite the grief we all carry because there is “Life after…”

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