Mark Binder is an author and storyteller. He is has published three books, a serialized novel, an ebook, and more than a hundred short stories. In the past year, he has appeared at schools, libraries, churches, synagogues, and community centers in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. He has performed at Sharing the Fire and the New England Folk Festival. Mark is currently remastering a live bootleg performance, Tall Tales, Whoppers and Lies, recorded at the New England Folk Festival. He has recently completed work on "The Brothers Schlemiel" a novel that was serialized in the Houston Jewish Herald Voice from January 2000 to January 2002. Light Publications recently released an audiobook "The Brothers Schlemiel From Birth to Bar Mitzvah" and a collection of stories, "The Misadventures of Rabbi Kibbitz and Mrs. Chaipul". His collection of retold classic stories, The Everything Bed Time Story Book was published by Adams Media Corporation in July of 1999. He wrote The Everything Build Your Own Website Book, but isn't that proud of it. In July of 1998 his humorous anti diet book, Crumbs Don't Count - The Rationalization Diet was published by Avon Books. In 1993, Mr. Binder was awarded a Literature Project Grant from the Rhode Island Council on the Arts. He is also a professional freelance writer, the author of more than 300 articles for consumer and trade magazines, newspapers and web sites. He has worked as a newspaper columnist, reporter, contributing editor and editor-in-chief. His specialties include articles about computers (Home Office Computing, Self-Employed Professional, Computoredge), the gourmet food industry (Food Distribution Magazine, Fancy Food, Whole Foods Online Magazine), beer (Modern Brewery Age, Beer &emdash; The Magazine, American Brewer), and pizza (Pizza Today). Mr Binder studied storytelling with Spalding Gray, improvisational movement with The Adaptors Movement Theater, and playwrighting at Columbia University's Hammerstein Center for the Arts. A graduate of the Trinity Rep Theatre Conservatory, his plays have been performed in New York, Providence, Boston and Monterey. He is the former artistic director of the Real Fun Theater Company. Mr. Binder is a student and teacher of Aikido. He holds a third-degree black belt, and is the chief instructor and founder of Aikido of Providence.

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