MARK BRAUDE is the author of The Typewriter & The Guillotine,  Kiki Man Ray, The Invisible Emperor, and Making Monte Carlo. His books have been translated into seven languages. Kiki Man Ray was a New York Times Notable Book of The Year and a New Yorker Best Book of the Year.

Mark has been a Postdoctoral Fellow and lecturer in Art History and History at Stanford University, a Visiting Fellow at the American Library in Paris, and a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar. He holds degrees from the University of British Columbia, New York University, and The University of Southern California.

Mark has given talks at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Christie’s New York, The d.school, The Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Lab, the US Department of State, Office of the Historian, and at many other institutions, as well as campuses and bookstores.

His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and other publications.

He lives in Vancouver with his wife and their two daughters. Hear Mark being interviewed by The New York Times Book Review here.