C. L. Clark

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 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''. ''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. 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. Provided by Wikipedia