Mark Jordan

I am an award-winning advertising and marketing copywriter and a professional writer. This means I know how to hit a deadline. It also means I take criticism and input well because I want to deliver the best story to help young people navigate a rather unforgiving world.

You see, I was called a Sassenach long before Outlander, because when I was nine, my family moved from Arizona to a small town south of Glasgow, Scotland. There I was bullied for being both Catholic and a Sassenach (yes, they still call outsiders that).

These days I write enchanting stories about valiant young women from a fatherly perspective because my daughter once said boys had all the good stories. I also write about the outsider experience because I’m very familiar with the feeling. When I saw my daughter struggle to fit in because of her red hair and ADHD (a trait we share), I realized that maybe I could help others learn their value as an outsider.

They say to write what you know. I know that my daughter thought boys had more role models. And she hated "princess kisses" that helped save the heroine. I heard all about it as I drove her to lacrosse practice with her friends. I'm finally doing something about it.

That's why by day, I'm a mild-mannered copywriter. After hours I write enchanting stories about valiant young women to help right a few wrongs and to empower girls and young women.