- Will Clarke
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Name = Will Clarke
Img_capt = Dallas, Texas 2006
Background = Novelist
Born = birth date and age|1970|08|13
Died =
Origin = flagicon|USAShreveport ,Louisiana , U.S.
Genre =Fiction
Years_active = 2003–present
Publisher =Simon & Schuster
URL = [http://www.willclarke.com WillClarke.com]Will Clarke (born
13 August 1970 ) is an American novelist who is the author of "Lord Vishnu's Love Handles: A Spy Novel (sort of)" and "The Worthy: A Ghost's Story".A native of
Shreveport, Louisiana , Clarke originally self-published both books via theInternet and independent books stores like Book Soup inLos Angeles , BookPeople in Austin, andElliott Bay Book Company inSeattle . Clarke's books eventually became underground hits in the early part of the 2000s. He later republished the books in hardback withSimon & Schuster and sold the movie rights toHollywood . Both books have been selected as "The New York Times " Editors' Choice. He is also the author of [http://www.projo.com/education/content/ESSAY_DISPUTE_10-29-07_377L3C4_v34.3303e65.html 'the controversial essay] , "How to Kill A Boy That Nobody Likes" which was published in the Free Press Anthology, "When I Was a Loser: True Stories of (Barely) Surviving High School."Will Clarke 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
*imdb name|id=2294438|name=Will Clarke
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743271475 Amazon.com: "Lord Vishnu's Love Handles: A Spy Novel (sort of)"]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/074327315X Amazon.com: "The Worthy: A Ghost's Story"]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/23/books/review/23schilinger.html "The New York Times Sunday Book Review"]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/books/review/0730bb-hardcover.html"The New York Times Editors' Choice"]
* [http://booktourvirgin.blogs.com/ Will Clarke: The website formerly known as "Book Tour Virgin"] , Will Clarke'sblog
* [http://www.dallasobserver.com/blogs/?p=1480 "Rolling Stone" Hot List: "Hot Pop Prophet" 2006]
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