Bio

Mark Thielman writes fiction and serves as a magistrate judge for Tarrant County, Texas.

In 2015, The Wolfe Pack, the Nero Wolfe Literary Society, awarded Mark the Black Orchid Novella Award for his story, “A Meter of Murder.” Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine published the story in the July/August 2016 edition. Since then, his fiction has been published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, and a number of anthologies.

Mark began his legal career as an assistant district attorney for Dallas County, Texas, prosecuting misdemeanor and felony cases. Among other positions, he served as Chief Prosecutor of the Child Abuse Unit. In 1997, Mark moved to the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office in Fort Worth, where he remained until 2014. There, he continued prosecuting felony offenses, including child abuse and capital murder cases.

Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Mark moved to Texas to attend college. He graduated from Texas Christian University with a BA degree and then the University of Texas School of Law.

Mark is married to Betty Arvin, an attorney in Fort Worth. They have two sons.