Eliza Clark is a British author.

Career

Clark attended Chelsea College of Art. In 2019 she was working for ''

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'' magazine. She worked for Arvon Foundation as a creative writing facilitator for young people. She runs a

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account, ''GoodreadsBazaar'' which is dedicated to "nonsensical

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reviews." In a ''New York Times'' interview in 2023, she spoke about being "really online", later telling ''The Independent'' that "the internet has been such a big part of my life but it’s taken years of work to disengage from it, and realise that it was actually a really negative influence". In 2023 her second book was listed by ''The Independent'' in a discussion of recent novels using fiction to examine the true crime genre.

Publications

Clark has published two novels: * ''Boy Parts'' (2020) pub. Influx Press which has also been adapted into a play. * ''Penance'' (2023) pub.

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* '' She's Always Hungry'' (2024) - short story collection

Awards and grants

* 2018 - a recipient of a New Writing North ''Young Writers Talent'' grant. Her mentor was Matt Wesolowski. * 2020 - ''Boy Parts'' won

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Fiction Book of the Year * 2023 - one of ten recipients of the '' Women’s Prize x Good Housekeeping Futures authors, identified as one of "the most promising female authors under the age of 35 and under who are exciting, boundary-changing, and inspirational". * 2023 - named one of Granta's ''Best of Young British Novelists''

References

1994 births Living people English women novelists Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts Writers from Newcastle upon Tyne {{England-writer-stub