Mark Sebastian Jordan has been an active presence on the Ohio arts scene for over thirty years as a writer, actor, director, playwright, and improv comedian. His Malabar Trilogy of historical dramas was featured in sell-out performances for a decade at Malabar Farm State Park. As a living history performer, Jordan has portrayed director Orson Welles, composer George Frideric Handel, humorist Dan De Quille, and politician Clement Vallandigham. He has also been featured in television programs such as Ghost Hunters (SyFy), Mysteries at the Museum (Travel Channel), My Ghost Story (Biography Channel), and House of the Unknown (A&E), and appeared as an extra in the classic film The Shawshank Redemption.

Jordan is a writer with numerous publication credits and awards, and has worked as a freelance journalist for publications all over the world. His satire on history textbooks, 1776 & All That, is available from XOXOX Press. Jordan's first poetry chapbook, The Book of Jobs, was published by Pudding House Press, and his second chapbook, Murder Ballads: American Crime Poems, was published by Poets Haven Press in 2014. His work has been included in numerous journals and collections. Jordan has written about classical music for High Fidelity Review, Surround Pro Magazine, Musicweb International, and currently reviews concerts of the Cleveland Orchestra and Apollo's Fire for Seen & Heard International (http://seenandheard-international.com/tag/jordan-mark-s/).

Jordan is a refugee of the corporate business world, where he spent a decade in packaging purchasing. Finding himself compulsively writing and creating to escape the unfulfilling day job, he fled when a corporate buyout ended his position. Since then, he has only worked jobs that offer personal fulfillment and creativity. Starting in 2007, Mark began publicly sharing his work as a poet and since then has read across Ohio. He has won awards from The Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve University, the Ohio Theatre Alliance, the Theta Alpha Phi Drama Honor Fraternity, the Associated Press, the Mansfield/Richland County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Ohio Poetry Association, the Jesse Stuart Memorial Award, the Ohio Poetry Day Association, and the International Association of Audio Information Services.

Jordan is currently a member of The Alchemists, a collective of independent playwrights, where he has served as a writer, director, actor, and producer. He performs with the comedy improv troupe 4 Clunkers & a Chevy, and also writes and edits for the blog Voices from the Borderlands.

Jordan lives at Malabar Farm State Park in Lucas, Ohio, where he runs the Malabar Farm Hostel for Hostelling International, which provides affordable accommodations to travelers of all ages, promoting the idea of world peace through culturally diverse travel.

Further information about Mark Sebastian Jordan and his projects can be found on the website www.sinisterhandmedia.com and on his official Facebook pages: www.facebook.com/marksebastianjordan/

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