Bio:
Mark Ehrman is a former Los Angeles-based freelance writer, author and editor, now based in Berlin, Germany. He had his first piece published in the Los Angeles Times in 1989 and has, since then, written over 500 articles and essays on science, travel, art, culture, fashion, new products, and, of course, entertainment. His unique party page — covering Hollywood premieres, charity balls and award-night ceremonies -- had been a staple of the L.A. Times Magazine for over five years and his celebrity coverage also appeared regularly in InStyle. As comfortable writing about sophisticated themes for cultured audiences as he is in crafting prose for the concerns of a mass-market readership, Ehrman's work has appeared in such diverse magazines and newspapers as the Virginia Quarterly Review, Playboy, Fortune, Travel+Leisure, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Magazine, 'Teen People, Sunset and various industry trade magazines.
His commercial portfolio includes ad copy, annual reports, novelty books and gift products for a variety of publishing companies and ad agencies. He has worked as a science writer and editor for the medical and pharmaceutical industries and also has experience editing documents for the electronics and other technical industries. He has, as well, worked as a researcher on a number of TV pilots for the Fox Network and MTV.
Ehrman is the co-author of the health/self-help book, Take A Nap! Change Your Life (Workman, 2006), and is the author and editor of the expatriate guidebook, Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America (Process Media, 2006), a ForeWord Magazine, 2006 Book of the Year Award finalist.
Ehrman is the recipient of the 1998 University of Georgia Atrium Award "for excellence in reporting on the fashion industry" (feature category). He has appeared on MS-NBC Weekend Edition and on the syndicated news show, Extra!
In addition to his writing, Ehrman operates an editing service in Berlin, English With Style. It caters to German businesses and organizations interested in improving the readability and flow of their English-language websites and other promotional and collateral material.
Ehrman is currently at work on his third nonfiction book.