Mark Carson Sinclair
I chose to do a Biography on Mr. Sinclair because we had to write stories. Our choices of stories were: science fiction, historical fiction, biography, and mystery or non- fiction. I had chosen a biography because, I had already written a historical fiction and I don’t care for mystery, science fiction or non- fiction. I decided to do it on Mr. Sinclair because I’d already written a biography, last year, on Wyatt Earp. I wanted to do a biography on someone I know, so I chose Mark.

Mark was born on February 8,1968 in Montgomery, Alabama. He has one brother and one sister. His sister is the oldest, his brother is the middle aged and Mark is the youngest. Mark is left-handed, sarcastic, intelligent, Buddhist and is presently a teacher.

Months after he was born, his family moved to Florida, and moved to California that same year. He lived there from 1969-1974. Later he moved to Tanzania, Africa and stayed there for two years. They traveled through many other African countries in between the years and also visited his grandparents in Hawaii. His family and himself traveled around in Africa because his father, Mike, was a cardiac surgeon. They moved to Lexington, Massachusetts but later moved to Orefield, Pennsylvania for ten years.

In 1986, Mark graduated from Parkland High School. From 1986 to 1990 he lived in Syracuse, New York and graduated in 1990 from Syracuse University. He also received his Bachelor of Psychology Degree. Later he moved to and stayed in Rutland, Vermont for five years. In 1991 he graduated from the College of St. Joseph and received his teaching degree. In the next few years he got to teach in Vermont, Hawaii and Montana. He lived and taught in Hawaii from 1995 to 2001. The school name he taught at in Hawaii was called Kaunakakai, “Chief by the Sea”. Then in 2001, he moved to Montana where he has taught and lived for three years.

Some of the jobs he had during his life were: Valley Pizza dishwasher, landscaper, sports store salesman, disordered health facility assistant, substitute teacher and a baker. He says that he supposedly never got fired! On his spare time, Mark flies a Cessna 172R, rock climbs, snowboards, plays the guitar, ukulele, mandolin and other instruments. In January of 2001, Mark received his Pilots License. Mark started to play the guitar in 1990. He got married to Sharon Avery, on July 17, 1993.