Mark O'Connell is an Irish author and journalist. His debut book, To Be A Machine, was published in 2017, followed by Further Notes From an Apocalypse in 2020. He has written for publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, and The Guardian. He is also the author of the Kindle Single Epic Fail: Bad Art, Viral Fame, and the History of the Worst Thing Ever (Byliner/The Millions), as well as an academic study of the novels of John Banville.