Mark Romeo grew up in Ridgewood, NJ, where he first made his mark as a student-athlete. In fourth grade he wrote a short story that was selected for recitation to the Town Council—he got hooked.
He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT with a BA in Economics, minoring in Creative Writing. A college athlete, he was a starter on Trinity’s Varsity wrestling team and joined the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.
Mark began his career in New York City, working for a Swiss investment bank. The following year he was offered an opportunity in London, where he spent the next seven years working. He developed a passion for solo travel, notebook in hand.
Upon earning UK citizenship, he left finance to write and spent the next two years traveling across Europe and filling more notebooks.
Mark’s writing draws from the old American expats, and their European counterparts—fun, curious fools who tried to see everything and then make sense of what they saw.
Mark has completed several short stories, as well as freelanced business articles and ghostwriting projects. He’s also working on his debut novel about his London years abroad.
Mark’s influences include Hermann Hesse, Thomas Hardy, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Joan Didion, Jane Austen, and James Joyce.
Currently based: New York City