Mark Ovenden is a British writer and broadcaster. At the age of seven, he traveled alone ten miles on the London Underground, armed only with a map. He later gained entry to a Graphic Design course by submitting a reworking of the London tube map. After working in journalism and media, life came full circle on the publication of his first book, TRANSIT MAPS OF THE WORLD. He lives in Paris, France, and London, England. Praise for TRANSIT MAPS OF THE WORLD: "More than impressive. Ovenden does what no other design history book has ever done." -William Grimes, New York Times "This is sheer public transit/map porn, and I'm in love.

" - Boing Boing "Fantastic and oddball… includes every urban train map on the planet, along with thumbnail histories of the systems themselves." - LA Times "A fabulous collection of historical and contemporary transit maps [that] can kindle a remembrance of a past trip or a dream of a future journey." - Seattle Times "A vibrant 144-page tip of the hat to the world's urban train systems. From the unusual Hamburg diagram, which lacks curves, to the pitchfork prongs of Buenos Aires, Ovenden navigates the history of maps.Lovely" - National Geographic "Pure catnip" - New York Magazine "This book is the stuff that dreams are made of." - Newsday "For…urban transit freaks and fans comes the perfect book." - USA Today "For the public transportation nut." - Washington Post Praise for PARIS UNDERGROUND: "This lovely book will have you scanning the Web for round-trip tickets to Paris, just so you can ride around below the earth.

" - New York Times.