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Mark Brinkley (b 20 May 1953) is author of the best selling British selfbuild guide, The Housebuilder's Bible, and also writes a widely followed blog, House 2.0. He was educated at Christ College, Brecon and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read Social & Political Science. As a student, he was part of the original group that created Strawberry Fair in 1974. He later spent four years working at Arjuna Wholefoods in Cambridge, a co-operativelly run social enterprise.

In 1980, he undertook an eco-renovation on his house in Cambridge, working to plans drawn up by Brenda and Robert Vale. It became, at the time, one of the best-insulated houses in the UK. He continued to work in construction and property development for 12 years before he began writing The Housebuilder's Bible in 1993 after building a house in Weston Colville, Cambs. The Housebuilder's Bible became a self-publishing success when the 4th (Millennium) edition spent several months in Amazon.co.uk's Top 100 titles in Y2K. Now it is published by Ovolo Books and it is updated every two years. The 9th edition came out in 2011.

Brinkley is a Contributing Editor on Homebuilding & Renovating magazine.

Family
Brinkley's elder brother John is proprietor of Brinkley's Restaurants in West London.

Books
• The Housebuilder's Bible. Ovolo Books. ISBN 978 1905 959440. 9th Edition published April 2011.