C. L. Clark

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C. L. Clark
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Education Indiana University (MFA)
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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]

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Biography

C. L. Clark earned an MFA in creative writing from Indiana University, was a 2012 Lambda Literary Fellow, and has studied post-colonial literary theory. [14]

Career

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]

Awards and nominations

Awards for C. L. Clark
WorkYearAwardCategoryResultRef.
The Unbroken 2022 Ignyte Award Best Novel: AdultNominated [11] [12] [13]
Locus Award Best First Novel Nominated [9]
British Fantasy Award Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy NovelNominated [7]
2021 Nebula Award Best Novel Nominated [6]
We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction of 20202022 Ignyte Award Best Anthology/Collected WorkWon [11] [13] [8]
Locus Awards Best AnthologyWon [9]
"You Perfect, Broken Thing"2021 Ignyte Award Best Short StoryWon [15] [16] [17]
PodCastle 2022 Ignyte Award Best Fiction PodcastNominated [11] [13]
Hugo Award Best Semiprozine Nominated [19]
2021 Ignyte Award Best Fiction PodcastNominated [15] [16] [17]
Aurora Award Best Related WorkNominated [20]
Hugo Award Best Semiprozine Nominated [21]
2020 Ignyte Award Best Fiction PodcastNominated [22] [23]
Aurora Award Best Related WorkNominated [24]

Bibliography

Magic of the Lost trilogy

Short fiction

Essays

Editor

Notes

  1. ↑ Clark uses she/her and they/them pronouns, which will be used in this article

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  2. 1 2 C.L, Clark. "The Unbroken". Library Journal. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  3. ↑ "Maya C. James Reviews The Unbroken by C.L. Clark". Locus Online. 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  4. ↑ Wanak, LaShawn M. (2021-03-11). "Book Review: The Unbroken, by C.L. Clark". Lightspeed Magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
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  14. ↑ Kirichanskaya, Michele (2021-06-09). "Interview with author C. L. Clark". www.geeksout.org. GeeksOut. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
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