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Mark
T. Mustian

Mark Mustian is the author of the novel The Gendarme, which was shortlisted for the Saroyan International Award for Writing, a finalist for the Dayton International Literary Peace Prize, and won the Florida Gold Book Award for General Fiction. It has now been published in ten languages. His new novel, Boy With Wings, won the Grand Prize for Fiction from Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the Bronze Prize for Historical Fiction from Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), among a number of other honors. He is the founder of the Word of South Festival of Literature and Music in Tallahassee, Florida, and divides his time between Michigan and Florida with his wife and dog.

Mark Mustian is the author of the novel The Gendarme, which was shortlisted for the Saroyan International Award for Writing, a finalist for the Dayton International Literary Peace Prize, and won the Florida Gold Book Award for General Fiction. It has now been published in ten languages. His new novel, Boy With Wings, won the Grand Prize for Fiction from Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the Bronze Prize for Historical Fiction from Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), among a number of other honors. He is the founder of the Word of South Festival of Literature and Music in Tallahassee, Florida, and divides his time between Michigan and Florida with his wife and dog.

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