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Mark Yost

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December 16, 1962 in Brooklyn, NY, The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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February 2012

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Mark Yost has been a professional writer for more than 20 years. He worked for The Wall Street Journal full-time for 10 years. He was an editorial page writer in both New York and Brussels, and also wrote for the Journal's Leisure and Arts pages, in the U.S., as well as Europe and Asia.
For the past 10 years, he has been a full-time freelance writer. He still contributes regularly to the Journal's L&A page, primarily writing about the business of sports. He also writes reviews of historical museum exhibits, and book reviews. Yost also writes for the Journal's Sports pages.
His work has also appeared in Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, and Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal. Yost has also written copy for the J. Peterman c...more

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Soft Target

"Soft Target," introduces readers to Nick Mattera, a former Marine EOD Tech who’s now a firefighter/paramedic on Chicago's North Shore. When Abdullah and Jhalil, two al Qaeda operatives, get tired of dodging drones in Afghanistan, they make their way to Chicago with one goal in mind: Take the fight to the Americans. They start off with smaller targets, but have one big target in mind. A target... read more »

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Books by Mark Yost

Average rating: 3.26 · 73 ratings · 17 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Varsity Green: A Behind the Scenes Look at Culture and Corruption in College Athletics 3.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Tailgating, Sacks, and Salary Caps: How the NFL Became the Most Successful Sports League in History 3.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The 200-MPH Billboard: The Inside Story of How Big Money Changed NASCAR by Mark Yost (Goodreads Author), Brian Williams (Foreword) 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Soft Target 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	The Ride of a Lifetime: Doing Business the Orange County Choppers Way by Paul Teutul, Sr., Mark Yost (Goodreads Author) 3.10 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Mark Yost is currently reading:

Dashiell Hammett : Complete Novels : Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man (Library of America)

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Mark Yost is currently reading: Dashiell Hammett : Complete Novels : Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man (Library of America) by Dashiell Hammett	My rating:
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Mark Yost gave to: Carroll Shelby: The Authorized Biography by Rinsey Mills read in April, 2012	My rating:
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Mark Yost gave to: Twelve Desperate Miles: The Epic World War II Voyage of the SS Contessa by Tim Brady (Goodreads Author) read in February, 2012	My rating:
My WSJ review: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001... Historians have so thoroughly fished the drama of World War II that it is hard to believe the subject still has prize catches to offer up, but here comes a keeper: Tim Brady's "Twelve Desperate Mi...more
Apr 25, 2012 04:19am · see review
Mark Yost gave to: Soft Target by Mark Yost (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2012	My rating:
Apr 21, 2012 12:04pm
Mark Yost made a comment in the group Editio Self-Publishing — Criticism I can live with topic "I read “Soft Target,” and my only problem with it is that I couldn't put it down! "
Apr 16, 2012 08:14am
Mark Yost made a comment in the group Editio Self-Publishing — Indie Book Review Blog topic "Tara wrote: "Hello all, I wanted to share with everyone my blog. As budding self-published romance author, I put my money where my mouth is in 2012, vo...more "
Apr 08, 2012 12:03pm
Mark Yost made a comment on Soft Target — Soft Target if for sale "My debut novel, Soft Target, is for sale on Amazon as an ebook. I will be uploading it later today for Nook et al. Enjoy. Mark Yost Soft Target "
Apr 08, 2012 11:59am