Marko Realmonte Beneath The Streets of Oxford

08/03/21 • 70 min

Ep:095 Marko Realmonte spent more than 20 years working in the film and television industry working as a writer, publicist, and photographer. His writing credits include working on the Academy Awards for ABC and being the head writer on game shows including High Rollers and dozens of TV pilots for all the major studios. He is currently a professional script reader for several production companies and A-list film directors.

In 2019 he wrote a sequel script to “Call Me By Your Name” titled “Elio’s Song.”

His first queer novel, Murder at White Oak, was published in 2019. Since then he has published 2 more novels in his Jake Weston Mystery series. The Butcher of Oxford and The Michaelmas Killer which was released in July 2021.

Marko tries to write positive queer role models for a Young Adult audience, while still giving them surprise endings and exciting, twisty, whodunnits to solve.

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In 2019 he wrote a sequel script to “Call Me By Your Name” titled “Elio’s Song.”

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