Zekial Marko (October 21, 1933 – May 9, 2008)[1] was an American writer[2] who specialised in crime stories, often under the pen name of John Trinian.
"[10] "Marko ... was an integral part of a circle of Bohemians[15] who in the mid-1960s frequented Juanita's, a saloon operated by its colorful namesake on the converted ferry, the "Charles Van Damme", docked at on the Sausalito waterfront.
"[18] for the Six Gallery reading of Allen Ginsberg's Howl[19][20][21][22][23] "During the late 1950s, he did a stretch as a bartender at a Sausalito waterhole called The Tin Angel"[24] "Born in Salinas, in 1933, Trinian settled in the Bay area, supplementing his writing in the 1950s by working as a bartender in a Sausalito waterhole, reminiscent of a character in a Don Carpenter novel.
"[29] "Trinian's daughter, the artist Belle Marko,[30] and a mid-volume remembrance by the novelist Ki Longfellow who, beginning when she was still a teenager, was Trinian's "soul-mate"[24][31][32] "May, 2014 : (Rick Ollerman's) In Pursuit of a Pleasant Oblivion originally appeared in North Beach Girl / Scandal on the Sand"[33][32] "(Belle Marko), who wrote a short essay about him that appears in a forthcoming edition[32][34] of his books, makes it clear that having him as a father was both a fascinating and difficult experience.
[35] During the shooting of 1965's "Once A Thief", Marko asked the director to cast him as the pot smoker who shares a cell with Alain Delon.
The director, knowing Marko was a pot smoker, insisted he make the early call for the scene inside L.A. County Jail.