Mark Berry

Background

About Mark Berry

My day job is moving airplanes from point A to point B. Point B is really nice this time of year, great weather, friendly people, but I digress. By night I'm a writer which has been my serious passion for about 6 years now ('though I've always enjoyed it). I completed my memoir "13,760 Feet-Still Flying after TWA 800" and I'm polishing it while I hunt for a literary agent and publisher. There are 26 companion songs. I've also written two novels "Pushing Leaves Towards the Sun" and "Street Justice." They develop 23 songs combined, and I like to say they're "Novels that Rock!" The Children's Illustrated Music Novel titled "Larry the Blue Dolphin" that I co-wrote with Steve Schafer is agent-represented. We boiled his word story into a dozen original songs. Look for me in Airways magazine where I'm a regular contributor. Appearances also in AOPA Flight Training, TARPA Topics, Rogue, and BMW Owners News magazines, Write This literary journal, Connecticut Newspapers, and online in ERAU's EaglesNEST. I earned an MFA in creative writing at Fairfield University and served as the Managing Editor for Mason's Road literary magazine while enrolled. Cheers! MLB Specialties: I recently got my 20 year tie tack from American Airlines (which combines my and TWA and AA years of service). I'm an MD80 Captain and I've been a lot of things since my first position as a B727 Flight Engineer based in Berlin as a 1988 newhire. I've been a Check Airman on 3 different aircraft types (727, 757 & 767, and MD80) and I spent 6 years in these various dark shaking simulators teaching and practicing emergency procedures.