Alan Marshall Clark is an author and an artist who is best known as the illustrator and
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painter of many pieces of
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. He was nominated for the
Bram Stoker Award
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The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since ...
for Best First Novel for his 2005 book ''Siren Promised'' (co-written by Jeremy Robert Johnson).
He has won the
World Fantasy Award
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for his illustrations ("Best Artist 1994"), and he has won many
Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists
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'
Chesley Awards
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. His book ''The Paint in My Blood'' was nominated for the "Best Art Book" for the 2005
Locus Awards
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. It was also nominated for the 2005
International Horror Guild Award
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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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children's books
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, paperbacks, magazines and CDs.
He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1979. He owns the publishing company, IFD Publishing (started in 1999). He lives in Eugene, Oregon 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,
Jane Frank
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* ''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 Bloodletting Press was launched in 2002 by Larry Roberts to publish works in the horror genre specifically for the collector's market, producing low print run limited editions intended for collectors and unique heirloom Lettered Editions for the h ...
, 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
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). (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
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Shannon is the author of a number of books and short stories. Her work has been listed in ''The Supernatural Index: A Listing of Fantasy, Supernat ...
) (Five Star Press, July 2007). .
*''D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman'' (co-written by
Elizabeth Massie
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Career
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) (
Raw Dog Screaming Press
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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 Rob Alexander ( Quarto Books, 2006).
*"Pixelated or Pixilated" from ''Paint or Pixel: The Digital Divide in Illustration Art'' edited by
Jane Frank
Jane Schenthal Frank (born Jane Babette Schenthal) (July 25, 1918 – May 31, 1986) was an American multidisciplinary artist, known as a painter, sculptor, mixed media artist, illustrator, and textile artist. Her landscape-like, mixed-media ab ...
He has illustrated book covers and interior illustrations for the following authors and many more:
* John Paul Allen
* Jay Bonansinga
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Ray Bradbury
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Kealan Patrick Burke
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Charlee Jacob
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* Jeremy Robert Johnson
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Brian Keene
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Norman Partridge
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Tom Piccirilli
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