Mark Delaney has both a Bachelor's degree in theater and a Master's degree in comparative literature from the University of California at Irvine. He began writing his Misfits, Inc. series in the mid-90s and finished Pepperland in 2003. 

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After that he took a short holiday from​ writing, during which he became a husband, father, and grandfather. Now he and his wife, Christie, live on a small farm in Middle Tennessee, where they keep horses, dogs, cats, a miniature donkey, and occasional visiting herds of whitetail deer.

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American Ghosts is his most recent novel.

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