Marek Z. Turner

Marek Z. Turner is someone whose fiction primarily focuses on those for whom life hasn’t been kind to.

Permanently fuelled by caffeine, he was a finalist in the 2021 Capital Crime New Voices Award competition, and in 2024 he was shortlisted in the Black Spring Press ‘Crimebits’ competition, as judged by Lee Child.

His work includes the novels Killerpede (2022), and The Eighth Hill (2023), as well as the comedic-crime short story collection Born To Lose: Tales of Gigi (2025). He has also had several crime and horror short stories published.

In addition to his fiction work, Marek has also written several non-fiction articles on Italian film published across a range of magazines and home entertainment releases including for Scream Magazine, 88 Films, Tetrovideo, and Diabolique.

He is a member of the The Crime Writers’ Association and the Chartered Institute of Marketing in the UK.

If you would like to collaborate on any projects, you can contact him by email.