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  • Bibliography:
    4 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1996
  • Latest Book:
    March 2015
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Mark Merlis (67) (3-09-50 ~ 8-15-17) - Pneumonia

Book List in Order: 4 titles



  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize: Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Ferro-Grumley Award for Distinction in Gay Writing Infused with desire, betrayal, and healing, Mark Merils writes with dark humor of gay life in this century. Meet Reeve who thinks ...



  • An Arrow’s Flight is a joyous and eccentric tour-de-force by the author of American Studies and Man About Town. The siege of Troy has dragged on for ten years, with no end in sight, when an oracle supplies the Greeks with the recipe for victory. Al...



  • A congressional adviser and habitué of a cozy circuit of bars inside the Beltway, Joel Lingeman never quite felt middle-aged. At least not until he was abandoned by his partner of fifteen years and suddenly thrust into a dating scene with men half h...



  • Jonathan Ascher, an acclaimed 1960s radical writer and cultural hero, has been dead for thirty years.
                When a would-be biographer approaches Ascher’s widow Martha, she delves for the first time into her husband’s paper...




Award-Winning Books by Mark Merlis

American Studies
1995 Triangle Award -- Gay Fiction
An Arrow's Flight
1998 Lambda Literary Award -- Gay Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mark Merlis has published 4 books.

Mark Merlis does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, JD, was published in March 2015.

The first book by Mark Merlis, American Studies, was published in January 1996.

No. Mark Merlis does not write books in series.