Mark Scarfe

Travel, sport and a too busy mind has taken me around the world. Packed stadiums in London and Paris, most grounds across Australia and a few places I probably shouldn't have wandered into alone. Somewhere along the way, I started writing down what I saw, and I haven't been able to stop.

I'm a nonfiction obsessive. Politics, travel, media, sport — the forces that shape how we live, how we vote, and what we argue about at the dinner table. For me they aren't just interests. They're the lens I use for everything.

I've stood in foreign cities with no plan and a phone running low on battery, watched matches where I didn't fully understand the rules, and sat across from people whose world looked nothing like mine. That's where the good stuff is. That gap between what you expect and what you actually find, that's what I write about.

These days I write across a few different worlds. Guides and self-help for people who want practical answers to real problems. And puzzles and trivia for people who like to keep the mind sharp and have a bit of fun doing it. Different formats, same instinct: make it useful, make it interesting, respect the reader's time.

I'm not here to tell you what to think. I just find the world endlessly interesting, and writing is how I make sense of it.

I live in Australia. I read too much, sleep too little, and I will always choose the live game over the highlights package.