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National Book Foundation > Author > Mark Costello
Costello’s first novel, Bag Men, was published in 1997 under the pseudonym John Flood. He used the pseudonym in order to distance his writing life from his career as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey. More about this author >
The Secret Service agents guarding the vice president steel their nerves to a multitude of dangers every day. When he runs for the top spot on the Democratic ticket, however, their personal lives may just be the biggest obstacle to keeping him safe. More about this book >
Costello’s first novel, Bag Men, was published in 1997 under the pseudonym John Flood. He used the pseudonym in order to distance his writing life from his career as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey.
Costello used his real name on his first book, Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present, which he co-wrote with David Foster Wallace in 1990.