Mark Canter

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Mark Canter (born August 11, 1952) is an American journalist and author.

Born to Nathan Canter Fernandez, a physician, and Bettev (Miller) Fernandez, he was raised in the only Jewish family in a farming community in Kentucky hill country. He traveled around the Western States and Canada and worked a diverse range of jobs, including surgical orderly, rock-show stagehand, and licensed physical therapist.

Canter received a degree in journalism from the University of Florida^[1] and worked for several South Florida newspapers before becoming a feature writer and, eventually, senior editor of Men's Health magazine. His articles have also appeared in , St. Petersburg Times, The Baltimore Sun, San Francisco Chronicle, and Yoga Journal, among other periodicals.^[2]

His first novel, Ember from the Sun (1996), is the story of Ember, a Neanderthal girl born in the 20th century after a Neanderthal fetus is discovered in frozen condition and implanted into a surrogate mother. It was translated into nine languages.

Canter founded Blue Heron Zen Center in Tallahassee, Florida, and Cloud Forest Zen Center in Monteverde, Costa Rica.^[3] In 2013 he published a collection of spiritual essays titled Awakening to the Obvious.

Published works[]

• Ember from the Sun (1996). ISBN 0385314574.
• Down to Heaven (1997).
• The Bastard (2012).
• Orchard of My Eye (2012).
• Second Nature (2012).
• Awakening to the Obvious (2013). ISBN 1493599666.
• Gladius (2015).

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