C. L. Clark

Free signed bookplates for people who pre-order The Unbroken! I normally don’t send out this many newsletters at once, but we are getting a bit closer to release date (we’re almost in release month!!) and so things might pick up a little bit as I have more things

Where you can find me before and after The Unbroken comes out! Hi, everyone! Things are ramping up on the way to The Unbroken’s release date! We’re just about a month away, March 23 for the US and March 25 for the UK! A month left for you

Obligatory but joyful! [Edit 10 Jan 2021: This is a bit awkward; I wrote and scheduled this post back in early December and forgot about it and then…well. You know. A coup attempt, some book giveaways, and other things that are difficult to keep up with, all in the

THE UNBROKEN received a wonderful STARRED review from PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY: Clark’s precise, thorough worldbuilding allows this remarkable novel to dive deep into the intricate workings of colonialism, exposing how power structures are maintained through social conditioning and exploring the emotional toll of political conflict. The result is

...and a GIVEAWAY! and STARS! Hi everyone! This newsletter is a bit late. October was full of things and then November was even more full of things. I'm sure you all know how it goes. As it is, this newsletter will be mostly a bit of an update.

Another Craft Round-up. This time, books! Howdy, everyone. The last couple days—weeks—etc. have been…something. In the meantime, I’m still writing The Unbroken 2, still editing at PodCastle—and now at the SFWA Blog and the WE’RE HERE: The Best Queer Fiction of 2020 anthology. I’

A Writing Craft and Publishing Industry Resource Round-up Howdy everyone! Most of this newsletter is for the writers in the bunch! But first… PodCastle, the podcast fantasy magazine that I co-edit, has the great honor of being shortlisted for the inauguratory IGNYTE awards with FIYAHCon, alongside a few other great

AKA Touraine's Arms: A Novel Howdy, everyone! So I’ve been sitting on this crazy exciting news since December last year and in case you missed it, The Unbroken, book one of The Magic of the Lost trilogy comes out March 23, 2021! You can pre-order it from

I'm thrilled to finally announce that I sold my debut novel (and its two sequels) to Orbit for publication in March 2021. (You can pre-order here and add it on Goodreads!) I've been fighting to keep this a secret since December last year, and oof. I&

With Muscles. Times are hard. Things are changing. I’ve been working on a novel (or three) about  revolutions against colonial regimes and there are definitely magical plagues in them. It’s too early for me to have any wisdom on the moment. I’m just trying live through it,