Mark Flanagan Literature Expert Education B.A., English Education, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Introduction Founder and editor of Run Spot RunOver 24 years of experience in content creation for digital marketingContributor to Kirkus Reviews Experience Mark Flanagan is a former writer for ThoughtCo who wrote about contemporary literature for more than 12 years. Mark is the founder and book review editor for RunSpotRun.com, a website dedicated to providing timely and unbiased reviews of fiction and nonfiction literature. Mark is also the founder of InfiniteWinter.org, a site devoted to all lovers of books and writers. His articles and reviews of contemporary literature appear in numerous newspapers and magazines, and he has been a regular contributor to Kirkus Reviews. Mark has written customer-specific content for marketing, advertising, newsletters, and websites for more than 24 years. Education Mark Flanagan earned a Bachelor Arts (B.A.) in English Education from the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill in 1990.Awards and PublicationsReview The Overstory by Richard Powers (RunSpotRun.com, 2018)Review Evening's Empire by Bill Flanagan (KirkusReviews.com, 2010) ThoughtCo and Dotdash Meredith ThoughtCo, a Dotdash Meredith brand, is an award-winning reference site offering education content created by experts. ThoughtCo reaches 13 million readers each month. Learn more about us and our editorial guidelines. Read more from Mark Flanagan Biography of Sherman Alexie, Jr., Prize-Winning Author and Filmmaker Falling Action in Literature Anne Lamott Biography How a Narrative Arc Structures a Story What Is Poetry, and How Is It Different? Biography of Writer and Activist Dave Eggers Biography of Sue Monk Kidd, Author of 'The Secret Life of Bees' The Definition of Quest in Literature Biography of Malcolm Gladwell, Writer The Choice by Nicholas Sparks Book Review 10 Important Contemporary and Late-20th-Century Authors What Is Resolution in Literature?