Mark Schechinger
Author | Harlan, Iowa
Mark Matthiessen was born and raised on a 160-acre farm in Shelby County, Iowa.
He graduated from Clarke College, a private liberal arts school, with degrees in Print Communications and Psychology.
After college, he worked for a computer firm, writing tech manuals, while also writing travel and feature pieces for local magazines. He .... more
Mark Matthiessen was born and raised on a 160-acre farm in Shelby County, Iowa.
He graduated from Clarke College, a private liberal arts school, with degrees in Print Communications and Psychology.
After college, he worked for a computer firm, writing tech manuals, while also writing travel and feature pieces for local magazines. He moved from Alaska to Florida to Europe in the last 10 years and has authored more than 200 travel articles for national and international magazines.
In the year ahead, he plans to revisit France and Germany to continue work on the next book in this series. In between, he resides in Shelby County, Iowa on the family farm, now being worked by the fifth generation of his family.