Mark Young was born in Aotearoa New Zealand but now lives in a small town in North Queensland in Australia. He is the author of more than sixty-five books, primarily text poetry but also including speculative fiction, vispo, memoir, and art history. His most recent books are "Mercator Projected," published as a pdf by Half Day Moon Press in August 2023, "Ley Lines II" published by Sandy Press in November 2023, and "un saut de chat" published by Otoliths Books in February 2024. This book won the James Tate Poetry Prize in 2023.