Mark Henshaw (born 1951) is an Australian writer. He is best known for this 1988 post-modern novel Out of the Line of Fire which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and The Age Book of the Year Award.
Henshaw was born in Canberra, Australia in 1951. He grew up in a Catholic family, his father an RAAF engineer and subsequently a cartographer. He commenced studying medicine and music before attaining a double-honours degree in English and German. He worked at one time as curator of international prints at the National Gallery of Australia, having once been a tour guide there.