Mark Rice

Irish writer living in Dublin, Ireland, I worked as an accountant (FCMA) for many years, in Dublin and London, until 2018 when I could afford to focus on writing. I am a registered member of the Society of Authors, the Irish Arts Council (no ARN 73090) and a member of the Museum of Literature Ireland MOLI. I created my blog "Weirdorwhat" a WordPress site in 2014 and self-published two books of short stories before self-publishing Murder in Maspalomas in 2017. Taking a cruise one thousand miles up the Amazon to Manaus, led me to write Murder On Board which was published by Junction Publishing in 2019. I promoted my novels through radio, newspaper and internet social media. My blog includes book reader's comments. Both books had physical book launches which were well attended. The arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic inspired Locked Down Bubbling Up self-published in 2020, a collection of poems and short stories completed by two Irish poets and myself, without ever physically meeting.