Mark Scheppert was a landscape gardener, a removalist, a clerk, a student, Forestry Commission person, a harvest hand, an agent, an event manager, a travelling salesman, a stock clerk, a postman, an advertisement canvasser, and a swamper. But all this he didn't find exciting. Therefore, he began to write a little.With the publication of his autobiographical debut novel 'Mauergewinner' (Engl.: Generation Wall) he was immediately quite successful. He even reached number one of the BoD bestselling list in Germany."He hadn't moved a single bit - but nonetheless converted from Ossi to Wessi. His whole life M.S. has been living in the Eastern part of Berlin. At his 37th birthday he experienced his personal turnaround." Spiegel Online