Mick Lexington Author of New York Cult Novel Mr Jack

Napoleon Hill Foundation Certified Instrutor, Tom too tall Cunningham interviews Mick Lexington.

Mick Lexington graduated from Carnegie Melon University, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he studied Fine Art and Creative Writing. Upon graduation he moved to Paris where he apprenticed as a painter and collagists in the studio of British Painter Sean McTigue.

In 1987, after a year in Paris, Mick returned to London where he began working on his own artwork at McTigue’s Monmouth Studios in Noting Hill Gate. Mick worked there until the studio was destroyed by fire the following year.

While in London, his love of music found Mick forming the British rock band Checkpoint Charlie. As the bands song writer, Mick fronted the band as lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist.

After his music career, Mick moved to New York to work as a graphic artists in the advertising industry. He wrote advertising copy for clients including Panasonic and Harley Davidson. During this time Mick began writing fiction, taking classes and participating in workshops with literary personalities such as S.L. Stebel, Catherine Ryan Hyde, Barnaby Conrad and Ray Bradbury.

Apart from his numerous articles for the NY Press on Art, Music and Culture, Mick wrote the New York cult novel, “Mr. Jack”. During his research for the novel, Mick became aware of Shanghai during the period in which the series is set. His fascination for Chinese culture, together with the drama of the period inspired him to begin writing the series Shanghai Shnaghai.

Mick's poetry and fiction have appeared in Ploughshares Tin House Granta and Glimmer Train. He lives and writes in New York City.