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Mark Ethridge 
Mark EthridgeBorn May 28, 1949
Winston-Salem, NC, United StatesOccupation Novelist, screenwriter Genres Mystery (fiction), Thriller (fiction Mark Ethridge III is a novelist, screenwriter, and the president of Carolina Parenting, Inc. which publishes Charlotte Parent magazine and the parenting magazines in Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point and Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill. His novel Grievances was released in 2006, and adapted into the 2012 film Deadline.[1]
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Early life
A native of Winston-Salem, NC, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated cum laude from Princeton University in 1971 with a degree in history. In 1985-86 he was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.
Writing career
Ethridge began as a reporter for the Associated Press, worked as a reporter and editor at The Charlotte Observer and was managing editor from 1979-1988. He played a key role in the newsroom’s two Pulitzer Prizes for public service – for an investigation of brown lung disease and for the PTL scandal.[2]
From 1989-1998, Ethridge was president and publisher of The Business Journal of Charlotte. He supervised a number of other business journals across the country and several publications devoted to NASCAR racing for Newhouse/Advance.
In 1998, Ethridge became president and part-owner of The Cotter Group, a NASCAR-based sports public relations and marketing agency based in Harrisburg, NC which became a part of Clear Channel Communications in 2000.
His first novel, [Grievances], was published in May 2006 by NewSouth Books.[3] Deadline, a movie version for which he wrote the screenplay, will premiere in 2012.[4]
Personal life
Ethridge, 62, has been married to the potter Kay Ethridge for 38 years. They have two children, Emily, 27, and Mark, 23.
Published works
"Grievances" (2006)
Film adaptations
Deadline (2012)
References
Categories:- 1949 births
- Living people
- Writers from North Carolina
- American writers
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