An ex-teacher, Mark Grist is now a multi-award-winning poet and international battle rapper with over 40 million views for his poetry & rap videos online. He has been honoured in two categories at the Webby Awards, won two Lovie Awards for his poetry online and toured hundreds of schools around the world. Recently, Mark's work has appeared on BBC1, ITV, BBC Teach, Channel 4 and BBC 6 music.
As well as writing picture books for Bloomsbury, Mark is working on a second series of his hit podcast 'Mark Can't Rap', which is backed by Arts Council England & National Centre for Writing. He lives in Peterborough.
An ex-teacher, Mark Grist is now a multi-award-winning poet and international battle rapper with over 40 million views for his poetry & rap videos online. He has been honoured in two categories at the Webby Awards, won two Lovie Awards for his poetry online and toured hundreds of schools around the world. Recently, Mark's work has appeared on BBC1, ITV, BBC Teach, Channel 4 and BBC 6 music.
As well as writing picture books for Bloomsbury, Mark is working on a second series of his hit podcast 'Mark Can't Rap', which is backed by Arts Council England & National Centre for Writing. He lives in Peterborough.
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