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[[File:Vijay Bowen and Mark Richards at Corflu Nova (1984). Courtesy of Rich Lynch.jpg|thumb|right|Vijay Bowen and Mark Richards at Corflu Nova (1984). <br>Courtesy of Rich Lynch]]
(September 27, 1959 - )

Mark William Richards is a New York City fan who was first active in the late 70s. From the 80s until 2001 he was partnered with, then married to, [[Velma Bowen]]. From 2005 he lived with, and then married, [[Catelynn Cunningham]], who he introduced to [[fandom]].

Over the years, save for a hiatus in the late 90s/early 2000s, he has been involved with working and helping to run various conventions, both local and regional. He was on the staff and committee for several [[Empiricon | Empiricons]], and served on the board of its governing organization, [[TESSFA]]. He was on the [[Corflu 7]] committee. He was a [[Lunarian]], serving a year on their board and working on several [[Lunacon | Lunacons]], including as art show director. He was part of the group that reconstituted the Lunarians as [[Lunarians (2)]]. Selected as chair of [[Lunacon 2016]], he resigned in December 2015 over critical differences with other members of the group.

Richards has also worked at various levels, both staff and committee, for [[Boskone]], [[Philcon]], and [[Balticon]] and been on the program at [[Arisia]]. He has also worked on [[Worldcon]] ([[Renovation]], [[Sasquan]]) and [[NASFiC]] ([[NorthAmeriCon '17]]).

He has also done some fanwriting, mostly for [[APA]]s, including [[Apa-Q]], [[TAPS]], [[Apa-nyu]], [[Apa Filk]], [[APA-DUD]], [[Turbo-Charged Party Animal APA]], and [[FAPA]] (''very'' briefly).

In 2016 he co-founded [[NASF3]], the club which runs [[HELIOsphere]], and was chair of the first HELIOsphere, [[HELIOsphere 2017]] and is co-chair with [[Joni Dashoff]] of [[HELIOsphere 2024]].

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