<p>Mark Sullivan tells the incredible, true-love-conquers-all tale of Pino Lella, the main character of his bestselling novel <i>Beneath a Scarlet Sky</i>, soon to be a major television mini-series.</p><p>Mark is the acclaimed author of eighteen novels, including the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling "Private” series, which he writes with James Patterson. His newest book, <i>Beneath a Scarlet Sky</i>, based on the true story of a forgotten war hero, is being adapted into a major television event starring actor Tom Holland.</p><p>Before becoming a celebrated novelist, he was a correspondent at Reuters and a reporter at States News Service, where he served as a backup reporter to the D.C. bureaus of the <i>New York Times</i>, <i>Newsday</i> and the <i>New York Daily News</i>. He later become an award-winning investigative reporter at the San Diego Tribune, where his unique journalistic style focused on the cultures of the things he was investigating. His first novel, <i>The Fall Line</i>, was named a <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book of the year, a rare honor for a debut author. Later, his breakout novel, <i>The Purification Ceremony</i>, made bestseller’s lists all over the world. </p><p>Drawing on his experiences discovering, researching, and writing <i>Beneath a Scarlet Sky</i>, Mark discusses why the book’s themes of heroism, courage, resilience, love, and compassion resonate so deeply with audiences everywhere. Through a riveting multi-media presentation, Mark also discusses how writing the epic tale of Pino Lella not only captivated audiences but left him forever changed.</p>
New York Times Bestselling Author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky & Former Investigative Reporter
<ul><li><strong> Beneath a Scarlet Sky</strong></li><li>Drawing on his experiences discovering, researching, and writing his #1 bestselling novel, <i>Beneath a Scarlet Sky</i>, Mark Sullivan holds audiences spellbound with a talk as compelling and shocking as it is uplifting and triumphant. Through a dynamic multi-media presentation, Mark tells the incredible, true, love-conquers-all tale of Pino Lella, a 17-year-old boy who guided Jews escaping Nazi-occupied Italy, became a spy inside the German High Command, and fell for an older woman who would haunt him the rest of his life. </li><li>Mark also describes in moving detail how Pino's story literally “found him”, how hearing it changed him as a person, and how he spent ten years working on the novel, which has been on bestseller lists for more than a year, been translated into 30 languages, and is being developed into a ten-hour television series from Sony/Columbia, and starring Tom Holland.</li></ul>