Mark Bruce Rosin is a writer, consultant, and editor who works in both the publishing and entertainment industries.
He has authored, coauthored, and edited nonfiction books on a wide range of subjects for major publishers and small presses. Mark also writes, coauthors, and edits fiction.
In addition to working with professional nonfiction authors, he works with experts in various fields who are not professional writers. He is adept at learning about a subject from the ground up and at preserving the voice of the person with whom he is working.
After receiving a bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago and a master’s degree in English Language and Literature from Yale University, he began his publishing career as associate literary editor in the fiction department at Harper’s Bazaar. Subsequently, he edited and wrote articles as a contributing editor at Bazaar and, later, as senior editor and special projects editor at Parents magazine.
Mark wrote his first nonfiction book, Stepfathering, for Simon & Schuster. Since then he has coauthored, edited, or served as literary consultant for fifteen nonfiction books on subjects including real estate investment, medicine, self-help, memoir, baby care, psychology, acting, social justice, the history of feminism, and the philosophy underlying yoga.
Chip Rosenbloom and Lucia Rodriguez brought Mark in as a literary consultant for the publication of Horoscope: The Astrology Murders, a mystery novel that they found among the papers of their mother, Georgia Frontiere, the late owner of the St. Louis Rams. Mark has worked with numerous other novelists at various stages in the development of their books. He has just completed writing a mystery novel of his own, No Way to Stop, introducing Los Angeles private detective Bruno Aletti, and he is currently writing a novel about the spiritual transformation of a man who has no interest in being spiritually transformed.
In addition to his work in prose, Mark writes for films and television. He has written screenplays for indie legend Roger Corman and for major studios, including Sony and Paramount, and pilot scripts for HBO, Castle Rock, CBS, and ABC.
Mark has also been a film and television executive. As an executive at CBS, he oversaw the development and production of comedy and drama pilots. As head of film and television at Talent Associates, West Coast, he oversaw the acquisition and development of feature film scripts and comedy pilots. As a consultant for MediaCorp Studios in Singapore, he supervised the development of award-winning series, including the highest-rated English-language show in the history of Singaporean television.
Compelling Interest: Examining the Evidence on Racial Dynamics in Colleges and Universities, a book for which Mark was an editor, was cited by the United States Supreme Court in its decision to uphold aspects of affirmative action.
Mark wrote and is a producer of 55 Steps, a film starring Hilary Swank and Helena Bonham Carter. It is based on a true story about a landmark civil rights case.
“Writers are not mere copyists of language; they are polishers, embellishers, perfecters. They spend hours getting the timing right so that what they write sounds completely unrehearsed.”
–Louis Menand, author of, among other works, American Studies and The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America, and a contributor to The New Yorker