Mark Forsyth

Mark Forsyth is an etymologist, author and blogger. He is the writer behind the popular English language etymology and meaning blog Inky Fool.

Biography
Mark Forsyth was born in London, England on 1977. He studied English language and literature at the Oxford University. Forsyth worked as a freelance writer, proof reader and ghost writer for 10 years.

Inky Fool
Mark Forsyth started the blog Inky Fool in 2009. The blog features daily articles on words, rhetoric, poetry, but most of all etymology and the strange and often ludicrous stories behind familiar English words.

Books
In 2011 Forsyth turned his blog into a book called The Etymologicon. The book became a Sunday Times #1 bestseller and the surprise hit of Christmas that year. In 2012, he released his 2nd book Horologicon.