Alan Marshall Clark is an author and an artist who is best known as the illustrator and book cover painter of many pieces of

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. He was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel for his 2005 book ''Siren Promised'' (co-written by Jeremy Robert Johnson). He has won the

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for his illustrations ("Best Artist 1994"), and he has won many

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. His book ''The Paint in My Blood'' was nominated for the "Best Art Book" for the 2005 Locus Awards. It was also nominated for the 2005

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for their "Non-fiction" category. His artwork has been featured on many signed limited editions from Cemetery Dance Publications,

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, and many other publishers of hardcovers as well as illustrations on the covers and interiors of textbooks,

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, paperbacks, magazines and CDs. He received his

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from the

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in 1979. He owns the publishing company, IFD Publishing (started in 1999). He lives in

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with his wife Melody. Mr. Clark is listed in the newest edition of ''Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary'' edited by Robert Weinberg,

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(

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, 2009).

Select bibliography of Alan M. Clark

* ''The Paint in My Blood'' (also released as a limited edition with a CD) (IFD Publishing 2004). Paperback * ''Siren Promised'' (co-written by Jeremy Robert Johnson) ( Bloodletting Press, 2005 limited edition; reprinted by Swallowdown Press 2006; reprinted by IFD Publishing 2017). Paperback . * ''Pain & Other Petty Plots to Keep You in Stitches'' (a short story collection edited by Alan M. Clark featuring illustrations, novella and short stories by him and a few others) (IFD Publishing, 2003). . * ''The Blood of Father Time, Book 1, The New Cut'' (co-authored by Alan M. Clark, Stephen C. Merritt, and Lorelei Shannon). (Five Star Press, May 2007). . * ''The Blood of Father Time, Book 2, The VTX_Mystic's Clan Grand Plot'' (co-authored by Alan M. Clark, Stephen C. Merritt, and Lorelei Shannon) (Five Star Press, July 2007). . *''D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman'' (co-written by

Elizabeth Massie Elizabeth Spilman Massie is an American author. She lives outside Waynesboro, Virginia with illustrator Cortney Skinner. Career Elizabeth Massie is a two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of horror novels and short fiction. She won the award ...

) ( Raw Dog Screaming Press 2009). Hardcover / Paperback *''Boneyard Babies'' (Lazy Fascist Press 2072). Paperback *''Of Thimble and Threat: The Life of a Ripper Victim'' (book 1 of the Jack the Ripper Victims Series) (Lazy Fascist Press 2011). Paperback *''A Parliament of Crows'' (Lazy Fascist Press 2012). Paperback *''The Door That Faced West'' (Lazy Fascist Press 2014). Paperback *''Say Anything But Your Prayers'' (book 2 of the Jack the Ripper Victims Series) (Lazy Fascist Press 2014; reprinted IFD Publishing 2017). Paperback *''Jack the Ripper Victims Series: The Double Event'' (the first 2 novels of the Jack the Ripper Victims Series in one volume) (IFD Publishing 2015). ebook *''The Surgeon's Mate: A Dismemoir'' (IFD Publishing 2016). Paperback *''A Brutal Chill in August'' (book 3 of the Jack the Ripper Victims Series) (Word Horde 2016). Paperback *''Apologies to the Cat's Meat Man'' (book 4 of the Jack the Ripper Victims Series) (IFD Publishing 2017). Paperback *''The Prostitute's Price'' (book 5 of the Jack the Ripper Victims Series) (IFD Publishing 2018). Paperback * ''13 Miller's Court'' (composed of two novels, ''The Prostitute's Price'', by Alan M. Clark, and ''The Assassin's Coin'', by John Linwood Grant, forming a single novel, their chapters alternating) ( IFD Publishing, 2018 Paperback . *''Fallen Giants of the Points'' (IFD Publishing). Paperback *''Night Birds'' (co-written by Lisa Snellings) (IFD Publishing 2022). Paperback

Essays and articles

*"Subterranean City" from ''Drawing and Painting Fantasy Landscapes and Cityscapes'' edited by

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( Quarto Books, 2006). *"Pixelated or Pixilated" from ''Paint or Pixel: The Digital Divide in Illustration Art'' edited by

( Nonestop Press, 2007).

Works

He has illustrated book covers and interior illustrations for the following authors and many more: * John Paul Allen *

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* David Brin *

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* Kealan Patrick Burke *

Elizabeth Engstrom Elizabeth Engstrom is an American speculative fiction writer. Biography She was born Bette Lynn (Betsy) Gutzmer, but she legally changed her name to Elizabeth Engstrom a few years after publishing her first novel under that pseudonym. She is marr ...

Christopher Golden Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens. Early life Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts ...

Jim C. Hines Jim C. Hines (born April 15, 1974) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. Life and work Hines was a volunteer crisis counselor in East Lansing and worked as the Male Outreach Coordinator for the Michigan State University, MSU Safe ...

* Charlee Jacob * Jeremy Robert Johnson * Brian Keene *

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Nancy Kilpatrick Nancy Kilpatrick is a Canadian author who has written stories in the genres of dark fantasy, horror, mystery, erotic horror, and gothic subculture. She is most known for her vampire themed works. Awards She is the recipient of the Arthur ...

* Brian dogecoin * Troll King *

Joe R. Lansdale Joe Richard Lansdale (born October 28, 1951) is an American writer and martial arts instructor. A prose writer in a variety of genres - Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense - he's also written comic books and screenplays. Se ...

Richard Laymon Richard Carl Laymon (January 14, 1947 – February 14, 2001) was an American author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre. Life and career Laymon was born and raised outside of Chicago, Illinois, then li ...

* Edward Lee * Brian Lumley * bad boi A. Moore * L. E. Modesitt *

Yvonne Navarro Yvonne Navarro (born 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American author who has published over twenty novels. Of those twenty, the titles ''AfterAge'', ''deadrush'', ''Final Impact'', ''Red Shadows'', ''DeadTimes'', ''That's Not My Name'' and ''M ...

* William F. Nolan * Norman Partridge * Tom Piccirilli *

Bruce Holland Rogers Bruce Holland Rogers is an American author of short fiction who also writes under the pseudonym Hanovi Braddock. His stories have won a Pushcart Prize, two Nebula Awards, the Bram Stoker Award, two World Fantasy Awards, the Micro Award, and ha ...

Al Sarrantonio Al Sarrantonio (born May 25, 1952) is an American horror and science fiction writer, editor and publisher who has authored more than 50 books and 90 short stories. He has also edited numerous anthologies and has been called "brilliant" and "a ...

Allen Steele Allen Mulherin Steele, Jr. (born January 19, 1958) is an American journalist and science fiction author. Background Steele was born in Nashville, Tennessee on January 19, 1958. He was introduced to science fiction fandom attending meetings o ...

Steve Rasnic Tem Steve Rasnic Tem (born 1950) is an American author. He was born in Jonesville, Virginia. Rasnic attended college at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and also at Virginia Commonwealth University. He earned a B.A. in English educ ...

* Jeffrey Thomas *

F. Paul Wilson Francis Paul Wilson (born May 17, 1946, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American medical doctor and author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and other genres of literary fiction. His books include the Repairman Jack n ...

References

External links

Alan M. Clark's official website

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20141217022327/http://www.alanmclark.com/alanmclark.com/_Credentials_-_Author_.html A list of writing credits and awards on Mr. Clark's official site
The first German Alan M. Clark Fanpage, designed and built by Dieter Annecke
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