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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 graduated from Indiana University's creative writing MFA and was a 2012 Lambda Literary Fellow. Their [Notes 1] debut novel, The Unbroken , first book of the Magic of the Lost trilogy, was published by Orbit Books in 2021 and received critical acclaim, including starred reviews at Publishers Weekly and Library Journal . [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 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. [6] [7] [8] [9] Her work has appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, FIYAH Literary Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction , Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn't Die, PodCastle , Tor.com , Uncanny, and The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2021). 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. [10] [11] [12] [13] [8] [9]
C. L. Clark earned an MFA in creative writing from Indiana University Bloomington, was a 2012 Lambda Literary Fellow, and has studied post-colonial literary theory. [14]
Clark's short fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including Beneath Ceaseless Skies, FIYAH Literary Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction , Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn't Die, PodCastle , Tor.com , Uncanny, The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2021), 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. [15] [16] [17]
Clark served as a co-editor of PodCastle from 2019 to 2021. [18] 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. [10] We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020 won both the 2022 Ignyte Award for Best Anthology/Collected Work and the 2022 Locus Award for Best Anthology. [8] [9]
Clark's debut novel, The Unbroken , was published in 2021 and met with praise from critics, earning a starred review from both Library Journal and Publishers Weekly . [1] [2] 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. [6] [7] [8] [9] [11] [12] [13]
Work | Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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The Unbroken | 2022 | Ignyte Award | Best Novel: Adult | Nominated | [11] [12] [13] |
Locus Award | Best First Novel | Nominated | [9] | ||
British Fantasy Award | Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel | Nominated | [7] | ||
2021 | Nebula Award | Best Novel | Nominated | [6] | |
We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction of 2020 | 2022 | Ignyte Award | Best Anthology/Collected Work | Won | [11] [13] [8] |
Locus Awards | Best Anthology | Won | [9] | ||
"You Perfect, Broken Thing" | 2021 | Ignyte Award | Best Short Story | Won | [15] [16] [17] |
PodCastle | 2022 | Ignyte Award | Best Fiction Podcast | Nominated | [11] [13] |
Hugo Award | Best Semiprozine | Nominated | [19] | ||
2021 | Ignyte Award | Best Fiction Podcast | Nominated | [15] [16] [17] | |
Aurora Award | Best Related Work | Nominated | [20] | ||
Hugo Award | Best Semiprozine | Nominated | [21] | ||
2020 | Ignyte Award | Best Fiction Podcast | Nominated | [22] [23] | |
Aurora Award | Best Related Work | Nominated | [24] | ||
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