C. L. Clark

Who is this?

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 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.

Career

1. 2021
   Won Ignyte Award for Best Short Story
2. 2022
   Won Locus Award for Best Anthology
3. 2022
   Won Ignyte Award for Best Anthology/Collected Works

Trivia

• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: writer, editor, teacher, personal trainer