Mark P. Henderson

After retiring from a career in medicine and university teaching, Mark P. Henderson moved to the Derbyshire Peak District in 2002 and started to write fiction and collect local folktales. Several of his short stories and poems have appeared in magazines and anthologies. His books, released by various publishers, include an anthology of short stories (Rope Trick; 2008), a children’s story (Fenella and the Magic Mirror; 2009), a study of the origin and evolution of a local legend (Murders in the Winnats Pass; 2010), a collection of 62 traditional Peak District stories (Folktales of the Peak District; 2011), a collection of puns in verse and prose (Cruel and Unusual Punnishments; 2016), a one-act play (Forget it, it’s History; 2017), a novelette (The Definitive Biography of St Arborius of Glossopdale and his Thin Dog; 2019), five novels (National Cake Day in Ruritania, 2018; The Engklimastat, 2019; Perilaus II, 2021; Con, 2022; Black Harry, 2023) and a novella (The Cat of Doom, 2020). His second collection of Peak District folktales is due for release by the publisher later in 2023, and he is working on yet another novel. He’s in increasing demand as a storyteller to adult audiences around North-West England and is currently making films of South West Peak folktales. He earns a crust as an editor and a creative writing tutor. For details see http://www.markphenderson.com/