Mark Pryor (born May 8, 1967) is a British-American

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writer and Assistant District Attorney for

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. He is best known for his mystery novels featuring Hugo Marston, a former FBI agent from Texas, and now head of security at the U.S. Embassy in

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. Pryor is also the author of the nonfiction book, ''As She Lay Sleeping,'' based on the 1985 cold case murder of Natalie Antonetti (the mother of

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) that he successfully prosecuted in 2011. He has appeared on CBS News' "48 Hours" and

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's "Discovery ID: Cold Blood" discussing the case. He is also the creator of the true-crime blog ''D.A. Confidential''.

Biography

Pryor grew up in

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, England. He earned a journalism degree and became a police reporter for a paper in

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, Essex. In 1994, he moved to

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, where his mother is from and returned to school. He received a bachelor's degree from the

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journalism school in 1999 and a law degree from

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in 2002. After graduating, he moved to

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, Texas to practice civil law. In 2006, he moved to

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, Texas to accept a position with the Travis County District Attorney’s Office. He currently resides in Austin with his wife and three children.

Publications

Hugo Marston Novels

*''The Bookseller'' (2012) Seventh Street Books *''The Crypt Thief ''(2013) Seventh Street Books *''The Blood Promise'' (2014) Seventh Street Books *''The Button Man'' (2014) Seventh Street Books *''The Reluctant Matador'' (2015) Seventh Street Books *''The Paris Librarian'' (2016) Seventh Street Books *''The Sorbonne Affair'' (2017) Seventh Street Books *''The Book Artist'' (2019) Seventh Street Books *''The French Widow'' (2020) Seventh Street Books

Standalone Novels

*''Hollow Man'' (2015) Seventh Street Books *''Dominic: A Hollow Man Novel'' (2018) Seventh Street Books

Nonfiction

*''Faith, Grace and Heresy: The Biography of Rev. Charles M. Jones'' (2002) Writer's Showcase Press 978-0-59521-718-2 *''As She Lay Sleeping'' (2013) New Horizon Press

References

External links

*http://www.markpryorbooks.com/ *http://www.daconfidential.com/ *http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2012032696/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Pryor, Mark 1967 births Living people British mystery writers 21st-century American novelists Texas lawyers Novelists from Texas University of North Carolina School of Law alumni Duke University School of Law alumni American male novelists 21st-century American male writers UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media alumni