Mark Sundeen (born 1970) is an American author. His book Car Camping was published by HarperCollins in 2000. His book The Making of Toro was published by Simon & Schuster in 2003. North by Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters (ISBN 978-0312591144) was released in early 2010. His nonfiction articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Believer, Outside Magazine and McSweeney's. His book The Man Who Quit Money (2012)[1] tells the story of Suelo, currently living part-time in a cave near Moab, Utah when he is not wandering the country, who has practiced his form of simple living since 2000.
Sundeen was born in Harbor City, California, in 1970[2] and grew up in the Los Angeles suburbs of Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach.[3] He graduated from Stanford University in 1992 with a degree in English and later moved to Moab, Utah.[3] He later earned a master's degree in creative writing from the University of Southern California.[4] In 2004, Sundeen worked as a blogger for Howard Dean's presidential campaign.[5] Currently living in Montana and Utah, Sundeen instructs Outward Bound programs and teaches college-level creative writing courses in addition to writing his books.[2]