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April 24-26, 2026

Word of South

Mark Mustian

Mark Mustian is the author of the novels The Return and The Gendarme, the latter a finalist for the Dayton International Literary Peace Prize and shortlisted for the Saroyan International Award for Writing. It won the Florida Gold Book Award for Fiction and has been published in ten languages. The founder and president of Word of South, his new novel Boy With Wings has been named the winner of the Grand Prize for Fiction from Next Generation Indie Book Awards, among other honors. A former Tallahassee City Commissioner, Mark is the president of Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson, P.A., one of the largest local government law firms in Florida. He’ll be facilitating the panel of Florida Book Award fiction and poetry winners at this year’s Word of South.