Mark Perrino was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in several American cities, finishing high school in Schenectady, New York. After attending four colleges and working va...view moreMark Perrino was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in several American cities, finishing high school in Schenectady, New York. After attending four colleges and working various mundane jobs, including a stint playing cards in Las Vegas, he took a doctorate at Columbia University and completed the literary study "The Poetics of Mockery." In 1988, he wrote "Meet the Danes," a whimsical satire based on an imaginary emigration to his wife’s homeland. Six years later, they did move to Denmark, and the memoir "It doesn’t matter, you’ll be okay" tells the heart-rending story of what really happened. He has taught at Manhattan College and worked in corporate communications in New York and Copenhagen. He has an adult son and now lives in Frederiksberg, Denmark, with the psychotherapist Pia Friis. You can follow him at "The Happiest People" blog.view less