About Mark Juddery

Writer, Author, Screenwriter & Journalist

Member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (Australian Journalists Association) and Australian Society of Travel Writers.

I still write a weekly column in The Canberra Times (paper version only, I’m afraid) and a blog on Mental Floss online, writing lists – including 8 Movie Star Life Stories (That Were Completely Made Up) and 8 Miraculous Super-Hero Resurrections. My book Overrated: The 50 Most Overhyped Things in History has led to a semi-regular slideshow on The Huffington Post, exposing all that is overrated about the world.

Question: As a writer, where do I get my inspiration?
Answer: Well, everywhere… but have a look at what inspires me the most…

Where you might have seen my work…

Books: Overrated: The 50 Most Overhyped Things in History (Penguin/Perigee, 2010); Busted! The 50 Most Overrated Things in History (Random House, 2008); 1975: Australia’s Greatest Year (John Wiley & Sons, 2005); Australia’s Heroes (with Veeraja Uppal, World Harmony Run, 2001, second edition 2005)

Magazines:The Australian Magazine, Sunday Magazine, Qantas – The Australian Way, GQ, The Weekend Review, The Bulletin, Empire, Total Film, Cosmos, Focus, Good Weekend, History Today, Inside Sport, Mental Floss, Sci Fi Entertainment, Sports Monthly, TV Zone, Dreamwatch and many more

E-zines: mental_floss, The Huffington Post, Salon.com, Talking Fish, Feed Magazine

Newspapers: The Australian, The Canberra Times, The Sunday Mail (Brisbane), The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald, The Weekend Australian

E-books: Become a Movie Reviewer (Fabjob.com, 2001, regularly revised and updated)

Plays and scripts: Read more…

(Last updated: 13 February 2012)