Mark Lawton

Mark Lawton is a writer, math teacher, coach, and software designer, based in Portland, Oregon. His works in progress include a thriller about corruption in international soccer, a novel navigating political activism, and a series of essays on men making meaning.

Mark has three Masters degrees (and one half of another dangling there as unfinished business). He was the recipient of a Klingenstein Fellowship in teaching from Columbia University and the Esther Dayman-Strong Lectureship in the Humanities.

Mark is mildly accomplished in rock-climbing, kite-boarding, bike-racing and Spanish. He is recognized as an expert napper and has given demos on multiple continents.