Mark Donahue grew up in Southwestern Ohio, and graduated from Wright State University with degrees in Social Studies and History with a Minor in Speech. He has lived in Philadelphia, Chicago, Boca Raton and Los Angeles. He currently resides in Ohio with wife Marsha, and their three furry four-leggers. Before turning to writing full time and founding Donahue Literary Properties, LLC, in 2009, he enjoyed a thirty year career in commercial real estate with CBRE, having served as a member of that international firm's Operations Management Board and then President/CEO of Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate Services.War College is Mark's latest novel, preceded by five best-selling titles, Last at Bat, Stat$, Golden Reich, Answer Man and Fat Girl, all of which have accompanying screenplays. He has also written several stand-alone screen and teleplays, inclusive of The Farm, Call Me Jesse, New York Dirt, Second Serve, and EZ Way. Several other novels are in the works.In addition, Mark has been a member of 5 Men's Senior Baseball League World Series Championship teams, (once earning MVP); and for eight years hosted a weekly internet radio show, "Ohio Baseball Weekly".In his spare time, Mark remains active on the tennis court, batting cage and hiking trails. On slow days, he plays piano, occasionally breaks 80 in golf, can jog three miles slowly with a tail wind, and likes to tool around in his triple-white 1967 GTO Convertible.
