C. L. Clark | |
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| Education | Indiana University Bloomington (MFA) |
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| Notable works | The Unbroken |
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Cherae Clark, also known under the pen name C. L. Clark, is an American author and editor of speculative fiction, a personal trainer, and an English teacher. She [a] graduated from Indiana University with a MFA in creative writing and was a 2012 Lambda Literary Fellow. Her debut novel, The Unbroken , the first book of the Magic of the Lost trilogy, was published by Orbit Books in 2021. The Unbroken was a finalist for the 2021 Nebula Award for Best Novel, the 2022 Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel from the British Fantasy Awards, the 2022 Ignyte Award for Best Novel - Adult, and the 2022 Locus Award for Best First Novel. Clark edited, with series editor Charles Payseur, We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction of 2020, which won the 2022 Ignyte Award for Best Anthology/Collected Work and the 2022 Locus Award for Best Anthology. [1]
C. L. Clark earned an MFA in creative writing from Indiana University Bloomington and was a 2012 Lambda Literary Fellow. [2]
Clark's short fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including Beneath Ceaseless Skies, FIYAH Literary Magazine , Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn't Die, PodCastle, Tor.com , Uncanny, The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction, and The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (2022). Her short story "You Perfect, Broken Thing", published in Uncanny Magazine , won the 2021 Ignyte Award for Best Short Story.
Clark served as a co-editor of PodCastle from 2019 to 2021. [3] With series editor Charles Payseur, Clark edited We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020, an anthology of queer speculative fiction published by Neon Hemlock. [1] We're Here won the 2022 Ignyte Award for Best Anthology/Collected Work and the 2022 Locus Award for Best Anthology.
Clark's debut novel, The Unbroken , was a finalist for the 2022 Ignyte Award for Best Novel - Adult, the 2021 Nebula Award for Best Novel, the 2022 Locus Award for Best First Novel, and the 2022 British Fantasy Society's Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel.
| Work | Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2021 | The Unbroken | Goodreads Choice Award | Fantasy | Finalist | [4] |
| Nebula Award | Best Novel | Finalist | [5] | ||
| "You Perfect, Broken Thing" | Ignyte Award | Short Story | Won | [6] | |
| 2022 | The Unbroken | British Fantasy Award | Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel | Finalist | [7] |
| Ignyte Award | Adult Novel | Finalist | [8] | ||
| Locus Award | Best First Novel | Finalist | [9] | ||
| We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction of 2020 | Ignyte Award | Anthology/Collected Works | Won | [8] | |
| Locus Awards | Best Anthology | Won | [9] |
| Work | Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2020 | PodCastle | Aurora Award | Best Related Work | Finalist | [10] |
| Ignyte Award | Fiction Podcast | Finalist | [11] | ||
| 2021 | Aurora Award | Best Related Work | Finalist | [12] | |
| Ignyte Award | Fiction Podcast | Finalist | [6] | ||
| Hugo Award | Best Semiprozine | Finalist | [13] | ||
| 2022 | Ignyte Award | Fiction Podcast | Finalist | [8] | |
| Hugo Award | Best Semiprozine | Finalist | [14] | ||