Will Clarke (born August 13, 1970) is an American novelist who is the author of ''Lord Vishnu's Love Handles: A Spy Novel (sort of)'', ''The Worthy: A Ghost's Story'',''The Neon Palm of Madame Melançon'' and ''Marigold: The Secret to Manifestation.'' A native of

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, Clarke originally

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his first two books via the

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and independent books stores like Book Soup in

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, BookPeople in

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, and

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Book Company in

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. Clarke's books eventually became underground hits in the early part of the 2000s. He later republished the books in hardback with

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and sold the movie rights to

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. Both ''Lord Vishnu's Love Handles: A Spy Novel (sort of) and'' ''The Worthy: A Ghost's Story'' were selected as ''

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'' Editors' Choice while Clarke was named the "Hot Pop Prophet" by ''

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'' magazine in 2006. ''The Neon Palm of Madame Melançon'' was listed as one of ''Kirkus Review's'' Best Books of 2017. Will Clarke holds an MFA in creative writing from

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and is known for using the supernatural (a psychic dot-com millionaire and the ghost of a dead frat boy) to trick the cynical eye into seeing the madness of the mundane.

External links

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KIRKUS REVIEWS' BEST BOOKS OF 2017Amazon.com: ''Lord Vishnu's Love Handles: A Spy Novel (sort of)''Amazon.com: ''The Worthy: A Ghost's Story''Amazon.com: The Neon Palm of Madame Melançon
1970 births Living people American spy fiction writers American horror writers Writers from Shreveport, Louisiana American male novelists Novelists from Louisiana 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American male writers {{US-novelist-1970s-stub