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I've reviewed over 70 books which are on my website,GoodReads and the Midwest Review Bookshelf.

Mark Walker was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala and spent over forty years helping disadvantaged people in the developing world. He managed programs abroad with CARE and Plan International and for over thirty years raised funds for such organizations as Food for the Hungry, MAP International, Global Brigades, Make A Wish International and was the CEO of Hagar USA, which supports survivors of human trafficking. A long time Rotarian, Walker was the Club President of Scottsdale North Rotary, the District World Community Service Chair for three years and active in the Youth Exchange program where all three of his children went to Germany or France.

His memoir, Different Latitudes: My Life in the Peace Corps and Beyond, was recognized by the Arizona Literary Association for Non-Fiction. His second book, My Saddest Pleasures: 50 Years on the Road was recently published by Cyberwit.net. More than 28 of his articles were published in literary journals ranging from Ragazine, Literary Yard, Literary Travelers, Quail Bell, WorldView and Revue Magazines. He is a contributing writer for The Authors Show, the Revue Magazine, a Guatemalan English language publication, Literary Traveler and The Wanderlust Journal. He has a column in the Arizona Authors Association newsletter, “The Million Mile Walker, What We're Reading and Why,” and his reviews can also be found on the Midwest Review Book Shelf and GoodReads. Another article from his, “Yin & Yang of Travel” series, was recognized with a Bronze in the Solas Literary Awards for Best Travel Writing.

He founded Million Mile Walker LLC. in 2016 and is a Vice President and Senior Counsel for Carlton & Company and the Huddleston Group. His honors include the "Service Above Self" award from Rotary International. His wife and three children were born in Guatemala.