Books by MARK

Reaching out is an emotional and honest account of the experience that both Mark and his wife have had of depression. At 30 years of age, Mark didn't understand depression, he was one of the people who dismissed mental health issues. That all changed when Michelle, Marks wife, suffered from severe post natal depression after giving birth to their son. Michelle spiralled into a pit of depression which left Mark in the position of coping with a new born baby, looking after Michelle and running the home. Depression became a part of their lives. Reaching Out gives an insight into what life is like living with depression. When Michelle recovered, Mark himself became depressed. In the end the negative proved to be a positive in his life." Sometimes you have to have a negative,to have a positive in life"

Mark C. Biedebach received his PhD in Biophysics from UCLA in 1964. (Prior to that, he was the 1st place national winner of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers 1955 student paper contest.) After two post-doctoral years (doing neurophysiological research at Caltech and the College de France), he joined the faculty of California State University, Long Beach, where he conducted research and taught physiology and neuroscience for 34 years. Several years before retiring, he began preparing to write in the area of human consciousness. Upon the advice of a friend, he took several creative writing classes atUniversity of California, Irvine. Sitting in these classes, he realized that his readership could be much larger if he were to write a fictional work into which his knowledge of brain function and consciousness could be interwoven. He decided to use his own memoir story (involving finding Irina and marrying her in Russia) as a framework. He then superimposed two fantasy characters to help an obsessed scientist explore the mystery of consciousness. After a five-year incubation period, "Clone and Kork" was born. It is the author's belief that no similar work of fiction has ever been written (in which the neuroscience of consciousness has been integrated into experimental fiction, using fantasy characters.)

Paul Blackwell quits his mundane job at 27 on vague hopes of something better. But his life is just drifting the night he meets aspiring singing star Cally Viccaro, an event that catapults him at last into a world of romance and excitement that seems to fit his music-driven dreams. Cally too is finally following her dreams. While she progresses through the rounds of global TV talent show phenomenon Pop Dreams, Paul writes a reference work on female singers as he struggles with Cally's increasing fame and elusiveness and a recurring sleep dream that tantalises him with a final destination he cannot quite reach. They are joined in dream quests by Paul's long-time friends Angie and Dion, emerging rocker Becky Blood, venerable publisher Chester and the imperious music mogul Griffin Bull, creator of Pop Dreams. But as they all get closer to their dreams, some of them find they're getting closer to their nightmares too...

"This is a profound journey into the heart and soul of a mystic. The Voice speaks, not only to author Mark Earlix, but to each one of us... beckoning the reader to see beyond illusions of light and dark and find the truth within. Reminiscent of the masters such as Rumi, Gabrahm, Meister Eckhart and other mystics throughout the ages. The Voice urges us to embrace simple truth... I Am. This book will take you as deep into the mystery as you are willing to go." Ann Albers