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C. L. Clark

C. L. Clark

C.L. Clark, dubbed the "Patron Saint of Sword Lesbians" by Reactor Magazine, is a BFA award-winning editor and the Nebula-nominated author of a few essays, several short stories, and a handful of books.

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July 2022

Crop Top Summer!!! Hey team! It’s officially crop top summer! I have a few updates for you below about awards, books, and some media I’ve been enjoying! But first—a crop top shot. Locus Award Look, ma! We won a Locus Award! Charles Payseur and I won Best

May 2022 - A Quickie

The Sapphic Trifecta Converges May 30! Convergence of the Sapphic Trifecta! Since most of the advertising has been on social media and plenty of us are avoiding it for good reason, I wanted to let you know: with Shelley Parker-Chan (She Who Became the Sun) in town from Down Under,

New Novel Announcement: Warmongers

Enter, WARMONGERS, a "heart-wrenching epic fantasy set in a kingdom in a cycle of eternal war, where two women—once lovers and warriors at arms—are set on a collision course when years after their separation, one is crowned king and the other vows to kill her."

April 2022 -Hugo AND Nebula noms?!

In which I tell you many things but not what you want to know the most Howdy, everyone! It’s been a few months and so I’m here with a few updates! The Faithless First: as of the writing of this newsletter, I don’t have a confirmed definite

Bonus - Gay Brunch - Magic of the Lost AU

This post is inspired by this tweet: I typed it out and couldn't get the idea out of my head and so I had to make that YOUR problem. First off: if you continue reading this little short [and you have not read The Faithless], you may be

December 2021

A Year in Review Happy End of 2021! What a fricking year. Wow. That’s a good wow and a bad wow. It’s been a kick-in-the-teeth year, an on-your-knees year. It was full of major life changes and major life accomplishments and major life pains, so, inspired by Malinda

The Cook by...C.L. Clark??

Hey, team! Just playing with my new Yeti microphone with a little narration of a flash piece. You can check out the original text at Uncanny Magazine, or even a Spanish audio and text version. I got this mic to do other narrations, but since I had so much fun

November Updates

and Awards Eligibility! Hey, team! How’s it going? Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who are spending time with family. I’m missing mine fiercely (hi, guys!) as this is a big family holiday for me. In that spirit, I would like to first say, thank you. Thank you

2022 Awards Eligibility!

It's that time of year again! I've published everything that I'm going to publish this year, finished all the projects and worked on all of the teams, so I'd love to tell you about them, and if you're so inclined,

On Writing, On Running

and some (late) September Updates Howdy everyone, It’s been a busy summer as I worked on revising The Faithless. I turned it in on time and I’ll probably spend October revising the revision! Ah, the glamor of the novelist’s life. It’s a lot like the athlete’