Upon completion of high school, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served in America and Europe in the communications field. Few of his many highlights include protesting with fellow writers regarding the imprisonment of Czech playwright Vaclav Havel during the 1989 Frankfurt Book Fair and witnessing the Fall of the Berlin Wall in person.  

As a poet, Mark Antony Rossi has been published in literary and academic print journals in 11 countries since 1984. Known primarily as an author, essayist, playwright and bioethics advocate his work has pointedly attacked the horrid diseases communism, fanaticism, racism, and dangerous science on the global scale. A multiple-award winner for his poetry, his most recent work on the genocide of Rwanda can be read in the highly-praised "In Our Own Words: Generation X Poetry Anthology." Copies can be purchased through Amazon.Com or Barnes & Noble.  

As an essayist, Rossi's work has included the seminal essays "Soul Cadence and the Social Poet," "March of the Desk-Top Poets" and "Sentinels of the 21st Century," which have reminded American writers of the world view of social poetry and its lesser place in American life. His essays have also touched upon urban life, city parks, theatre, national defense. Rossi's visionary book on the dark side of technology: The Intruder Bulletins: The Dark Side of Technology, was one of the very first to openly expose and side against human cloning and fetal stem cell research. The book is now out in paperbook from Hardshell Word Factory. http://www.barnesandnoble.com   

As a literary critic, Rossi has written nearly 100 essay-reviews on upcoming and established poets and fiction writers such as Mike Cluff, Peter Magliocco, Ana Christy, Effie Mihopolous, Paul Weinman, Keith A. Dobson, Bob Leach, Brandon Freels, Kurihara Sadako, Gina Bergamino, Margaret Diorio, Daniel Crocker, B.Z. Niditch, Joyce Carbone, Wendell Metzger, Shaun T. Griffin, Denise Martinson, Alan Catlin, Steven Duplij, Alfredo de Palchi, and dozens of others.  

His fiction has been coined "urban minimalist" and incorporates essay-like qualities into cutting-edge, hard-hitting content. Pieces such as "Philosophy of Rent," "Subway Student," and "Johnny Bag O'Doughnuts" have been hailed by editors for bringing a realistic interior life to American inner-city situations.  

Five of his plays, "Gear Fear," "Jane Doe," "Numb," "Cross" and "Thief in the Night" have been produced, two off-broadway New York. His drama has won a number of awards including New Jersey Playwright of the Year Award 1997. "Thief in the Night" is currently available in print form in Events Quarterly, Summer 2000 issue.  

Aside from these literary accomplishments Mark Antony Rossi was the founder (1997) of the performing art troupe "Stained Glass Project" that performed poetry, stories, dramatic monologues, music and dance at a number of art festivals, churches and holiday events throughout Northern New Jersey and New York. In February 1999, Stained Glass Project was invited by the Black Action Committee and performed the the Colgate-Palmolive Headquarters in the heart of Manhattan, New York in celebration of Black History Month. The performance was a major success attracting businessmen and women from the surrounding business community including Rueben Marx, CEO of Colgate-Palmolive.  

Rossi is the author of seven books, "The Intruder Bulletins: The Dark Side of Technology," "Mother Of All Machines," "Tracking The Beast," Sword Of Our Fathers: Essays on the Hardships of Writing" and "Persistence of Metaphor." He is also co-author of "Grins of Divinity" a sci-fi novella based on the video game Duke Nukem 3D with Canadian writer/webdesigner Vincent Chapdelaine-Audette, all of which are available from http://www.stonegarden.net A frequent contributor to the Newark Review and other prominent international print magazines such as Another Chicago Magazine,The Antigonish Review, Copenhagen Review, Collages & Bricolages, Japanophile,Purple Patch, Slugfest and Scrievner.  

Mark Antony Rossi is also a speaker and has toured regular in the New Jersey/New York area, speaking on topics ranging from literature and drama to society, generation x, politics and ethics and new technology. He has spoke at Stevens Institute of Technology, Rotary Club, Lions Club, Elks Club, Methodist Men's Breakfast Club, municipal city councils, and various civic organizations. He currently resides in Arizona and has spoken at the famous Arizona Breakfast Club and other organizations. Rossi is a frequent guest on numerous radio shows such as Kyle Warren's "Across the Net," GeorgeAnn Hughes' "The Byte Show", Jeff Sense of "Sightings" and Peter Weissbach's "The Quest", Alex Merklingers's "Mysteries of the Mind", The Lionel Show, UFOLab, The John & Sarah Show, Rude Awakening, Ruth Radio, Paranet Continuum, Night Search, etc. He often speaks on topics ranging from human cloning to bioterrorism. His 9/11 interview with Kyle Warren conducted on 9/11 is still one of the most downloaded free radio interviews requested to this date.In the summer of 2002 Rossi hosted his own internet radio show "Biostorm" which became the first internet radio broadcast devoted primarily to the subject of bioethics. Rossi has been profiled in Marquis Who's Who in America, 2006 edition, the leading biographical reference publisher of the highest achievers and contributors in the United States. His major bioethics book "The Intruder Bulletins: The Dark Side of Technology" has been released in paperback and is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. com   

His interests beyond writing include maintaining a 1600 plus book collection in his personal library, theatre, military veteran matters, ballistic missile defense policy and senior citizen aid programs. He is lobbying for a ban on human cloning in Arizona and internationally.Mark and his lovely wife Kimberly are the proud parents of two sons, Samuel Reinaldo Rossi and Dominic Heath Rossi.