Marcus Bird was born in Jamaica and received his degree in Film Production from Howard University in Washington D.C. He has written for Comedy Central in New York, the Jamaica Observer, several online publications and had two short stories "Gaijin Girl" and "Sleep" published in the 2010 and 2012 editions of Japanese literary journal Yomimono. His first novel, "Sex, Drugs and Jerk Chicken" was published in early 2013. He loves traveling, dabbling in languages and having great conversations.