title: My Daughter Said She'd Burn This Book!
author: L. David Mark
description: The author, L. David Mark (aka Larry David Mark), grew up on a dairy farm near Council Bluffs, Iowa. An Iowa State University graduate, after working for the Nebraska Farmer magazine, he moved to northern Virginia in 1961 to be an information officer with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. There he provided information support for the successful program to eradicate hog cholera, a costly swine disease. From 1972 to 1997, he was an information officer for USDAs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), playing a key role in establishing the agencys website. For 3 years after retirement, he provided part-time information support for the United States Animal Health Association. The author and his wife live in Springfield, Virginia. They have two children and eleven grandchildren. Mark has an avid interest in soccer  since 1990 he has been League Director for U-19 girls soccer with the Springfield/South County Youth Club. Curious Yonah, a chapter about a grandsons mishap with a potted plant, was published in the Washington Post on Feb. 20, 2008. Selected chapters are on the authors website: www.ldmark.com.
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  Also by David Mark
  
  
  
  
  
  The DS McAvoy Series
  
  
  
  
  
  Dark Winter
  
  
  Original Skin
  
  
  Sorrow Bound
  
  
  Taking Pity
  
  
  Dead Pretty
  
  
  A Bad Death: an ebook short story
  
  
  Fire of Lies: an ebook short story
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Cruel Mercy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  David Mark
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [www.mulhollandbooks.co.uk](http://www.mulhollandbooks.co.uk)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Mulholland Books An imprint of
  Hodder & Stoughton
  
  
  An Hachette UK company
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © Dead Pretty Ltd 2017
  
  
  
  
  
  The right of David Mark to be identified as the Author of the Work has been
  asserted by him in accordance with
  
  
  the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in
  a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the
  prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any
  form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without
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