Background
Mr. Cosman was born on May 1, 1945, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. He is a son of William (an electrical contractor) and Lila Cosman.
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A father shares his despair, anger, and grief over the murder of his teenage daughter and draws on his own beliefs about God, religion, good and evil, guilt, and forgiveness to explain how he came to terms with the devastating tragedy. Tour. IP.
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Mr. Cosman was born on May 1, 1945, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. He is a son of William (an electrical contractor) and Lila Cosman.
Mark Cosman received his Bachelor of Arts degree from New Mexico Highlands University in 1974.
Mr. Cosman was a national director special projects at Muscular Dystrophy Association, New York City, 1974-1981. He worked as a director national field organization Hugh O'Brian Youth Federation, Los Angeles, 1981-1984. Since 1984 Mr. Cosman was appointed president of Volumes American International. He also has coached girls basketball in La Crescenta, CA. and has written some works.
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Quotations:
Mark Cosman told CA: "My motivation for writing was the murder of my daughter, Berlyn, following her high school prom. I had to write if only to explain to myself what had happened to the universe I once knew. Who influenced my work? Other than Berlyn, no one really. I’m alone."
"I have no writing process of which to speak. I wrote from 6 p.m. when I arrived home from work until midnight, five nights a week, and about fifteen to eighteen hours on Saturdays and Sundays. Mine was a process spawned in fear. I had to go beyond it to make sense of a senseless tragedy—a new universe. Writing took me there."
"What inspired me? My loving daughter and, I guess, the fact that I still loved myself and wanted to find the best for both of us as I always had. My inspiration, I can only presume, was a form of longing. When love has nowhere to go, it seems to me that it soars away into the unknown in search of fulfillment.
I simply followed.
"I miss her so."
Mark Cosman married Susan Fuentes in 1967. They have two children children: Berlyn (murdered, June 1, 1991), Morgan.