Mark Clutterbuck is an education adviser and ex-headteacher, who is passionate about promoting literacy to young people. He founded and is chairperson of the Spark! Book Awards, which currently has over 170 participating schools. Mark has previously worked as an education officer in a human rights organisation, where he arranged music, dance and poetry fundraising events. He is a history-lover and discovered the shocking true story of Carl Bartels and the Liver Birds on a trip to Liverpool. He lives in Kingston upon Thames with his family.
