Mark Romeo grew up in Ridgewood, NJ, where he first made his mark as a student-athlete. In 2014, he was inducted into the Ridgewood High School Athletics Hall of Fame.
Mark continued his education at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Economics while also exploring Philosophy, Psychology, and Creative Writing. As a collegiate athlete, he was a starter on Trinity’s Varsity wrestling team and an active member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.
After graduation, Mark began his career in New York City, working for a Swiss investment bank. Within a year, he was offered an opportunity in London, where he spent the next seven years. While grateful for the role, Mark discovered a growing passion for travel and writing, filling notebooks with reflections and stories from his journeys.
Recognizing that banking ultimatrly wasn’t his calling, Mark made a bold decision in 2015.
Upon earning UK citizenship, he left finance to pursue a new path. He spent the next two years traveling across Europe, notebook in hand, capturing experiences that would later inspire his literary endeavors.
Mark’s writing draws from the rich tradition of American realism, infused with the perspective of an expatriate observer. He describes his work as bringing the world to life through the searching and reflective lens of an “a curious fool.”
Now a freelancer, Mark has completed several short stories, business articles, and ghostwriting projects. He is also working on his debut novel, a semi-autobiographical exploration of his London years abroad.
Mark’s influences include literary greats such as Henry Miller, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Joan Didion, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, James Joyce, Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, Hermann Hesse, and Oscar Wilde.
Currently based: New York City