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Cheril N. Clarke | |
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| Born | September 24, 1980 |
| Occupation(s) | Author, playwright |
| Parent(s) | Hyacinth Clarke, Thaddius Clarke |
| Website | cherilnclarke |
Cheril N. Clarke (born September 24, 1980) is a Canadian-born contemporary author and playwright of gay and lesbian romance, drama and comedy.
Though born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Clarke's family moved to Miami, Florida when she was six months old. She has lived in the United States for the majority of her life.
She is the last of three children born to Hyacinth and Thaddius Clarke.
Clarke is the author of many books, including novels, collections of erotic vignettes and poetry. [1]
Poetry
Her novel, Intimate Chaos, has been adapted into a play of the same name and has been mounted in Bordentown, New Jersey, Plainfield, New Jersey and twice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Intimate Chaos was translated to Spanish and performed at the Tercer Amor festival in Puerto Rico [3] under the name Caos Intimo.
Clarke's most recent play, Asylum, was the recipient of the Audience Award of the 2012 Downtown Urban Theater Festival [4] (now known as Downtown Urban Arts Festival) New York [5] and runner-up for best play.
Clarke later founded Phenomenal Writing, LLC, a communications consulting agency that provides ghost and speech writing services for executives around the worlds. Notable clients include General Electric and Cisco Systems. [6]
Clarke has also provided commentary for features on NPR. [7] and WPEB 88.1FM Philadelphia.
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