Mark Zuehlke

2003

A full-time writer since 1980, He has published several hundred magazine and newspaper articles before turning in the early 1990s to primarily writing books. He has since established himself as a prolific non-fiction book author and more recently as a novelist. Currently he focuses mostly on writing military history, particularly books regarding the experience of Canadians at war. But to keep from getting too narrowly focused, he is also publishing a mystery series, writing other fiction, ghost writing, teaching writing workshops, and doing some consulting and research work.

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Topics of Current Interest

• Canadian military history
• Canadian history
• Social/environmental issues
• Travel/outdoor exploration
• Creative non-fiction

Selected Periodical Credits

• "Diminishing Desert," Beautiful British Columbia, Summer 2000. Only a few scattered patches of Canada's pocket desert survive near Osoyoos.
• “Ortona: Major Victory or Bloody Mistake," paper published in Canadian Military History Since the 17th Century: Proceedings of the Canadian Military History Conference: Ottawa, 5-9 May 2000. Directorate of History and Heritage, Department of National Defence.
• “Bright Lights, Big City: Vancouver's Neon Heritage," Beautiful British Columbia, Fall 2000. A walk through Vancouver's love affair with neon, past and present.
• "You're the Dirty Rascal," New Scientist, Nov. 1997. Victoria scientist can trace oil polluters using forensic science techniques.
• "No Exit," unpublished, 1997. William Head On Stage is Canada's only professional theatre company behind bars. Little wonder it would decide to stage one-act plays by Sartre and Beckett. Originally commissioned by Equinox but, due to a change in ownership, never published.

Book Credits

• Literary Agent Representation by Carolyn Swayze Literary Agency.
• Carry Tiger to Mountain: An Elias McCann Mystery, Castle Street Mysteries, Dundurn Group, 2002. When a freighter smuggling illegal immigrants from southeast Asia sinks offshore, Tofino coroner Elias McCann finds himself at the heart of a mystery again.
• The Canadian Military Atlas: The Nation's Battlefields from the French and Indian
  Wars to Kosovo, Stoddart Publishing Company, 2001. Co-author C. Stuart Daniel.
• The Liri Valley: Canada's World War II Breakthrough to Rome, Stoddart Publishing
  Company, 2001.
• Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons: British Remittance Men in the Canadian West,
  Dundurn Group, 2001, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded.
• Hands Like Clouds: An Elias McCann Mystery, Castle Street Mysteries, Dundurn Group, 2000.
• Ortona: Canada's Epic World War II Battle, Stoddart Publishing Company, 1999.
• The Yukon Fact Book: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Yukon, Whitecap Books, 1998.
• The Alberta Fact Book: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Alberta, Whitecap Books, 1997.
• The Gallant Cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, Whitecap Books, 1996. Book-of-the-Month Club selection.
• Fun B.C. Facts for Kids, Whitecap Books, 1996.
• The B.C. Fact Book: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about British Columbia, Whitecap Books, 1995.
• Scoundrels, Dreamers and Second Sons: British Remittance Men in the Canadian West, Whitecap Books, 1994.
• The Vancouver Island South Explorer: The Outdoor Guide, Whitecap Books, 1994.
  

Other Writing Credits

• Ghost writer of a major Canadian 1999 financial planning guide. For references on ghost-writing projects, contact the author.
• Editor, Making It: The Art of Career Management, Cultural Human Resources Council, 2002.
• Co-author, co-producer, and historical consultant for one-hour documentary entitled The Remittance Men based on my book Scoundrels, Dreamers and Second Sons. This documentary first aired on CTV, Spring 2000, and on the BC Knowledge Network, Fall 2001. It has since been a frequent rerun on both channels.

Related Areas of Expertise

• Manuscript Evaluation
• Research
• Teaching/Training
• Lecturing/Public Speaking

Achievements

• Best First Novel Award for Hands Like Clouds, 2000, Arthur Ellis Crime Writers of Canada.

Expertise by Subject

• Canadian Military History/Issues
• History
• Military
• Writing/Literature

Expertise by Type of Writing

• Biography/Autobiography
• Creative Nonfiction
• Ghost Writing
• Interviews/Profiles
• Military History
• Nonfiction Books
• Popular History