Occupation Writer Period 1991–present | Name Mark Budz Role Fiction writer | |
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Nominations Philip K. Dick Award, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Locus Award for Best First Novel Books Idolon, Clade, Till Human Voices Wake Us, Crache, Tales from Jabba's Palace Similar People Kevin J Anderson, George Alec Effinger, Barbara Hambly, John Gregory Betancourt, Esther Friesner | ||
Mark Budz is an American science fiction writer. Budz was born on November 1, 1960 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey into a family that traveled prodigiously. In the late 1980s, Budz moved to Oregon to become a full-time writer. Although he began by writing short stories, his novels such as Clade and Crache have been nominated for major awards.
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Personal life
After Mark Budz was born in New Jersey, he moved around a lot because his father worked for the National Park Service, living in Arizona, California, and Colorado. In 1982, Budz graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a bachelor's degree in Architectural Engineering. After graduating, he worked at several different jobs, including sales at manufacturer’s representative for ITT Bell & Gossett, retail sales, publisher's reader for a small press, and technical support. Currently, Budz is a technical writer for a software company near Silicon Valley.
In the late 1980s, Budz moved to Eugene, Oregon to attempt to become a full-time writer, beginning with short stories. Although becoming a short story writer did not work out, he decided to become a novel writer, which began with his first novel Clade in 2003. In subsequent years, he published other novels such as Crache and Idolon.
In 1991, he met his future wife, Marina Fitch and in 1992, they moved to Watsonville, California.