Alan M. Clark

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name = Alan M. Clark

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birthname = Alan Marshall Clark
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occupation = artist, illustrator, writer
nationality = American
period = 1985–
genre = Horror fiction, Fantasy
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influences = Surrealists, Max Ernst
influenced = Steve C. Gilberts


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Alan Marshall Clark is an author and an artist who is best known as the illustrator and book cover painter of many pieces of horror fiction. 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 World Fantasy Award for his illustrations ("Best Artist 1994"), and he has won many Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists' Chesley Awards. 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 International Horror Guild Award for their "Non-fiction" category. His artwork has been featured on many signed limited editions from Cemetery Dance Publications, Subterranean Press, Earthling Publications, and many other publishers of hardcovers as well as illustrations on the covers and interiors of textbooks, children's books, 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 currently lives in Eugene, Oregon with his wife Melody.

elect bibliography of Alan M. Clark

* "The Paint in My Blood" (also released as a limited edition with a CD).
* "Siren Promised" (co-written by Jeremy Robert Johnson) (Bloodletting Press, 2005 limited edition; reprinted by Swallowdown Press 2006). ISBN 0-976-24989-8.
* "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). ISBN 0-967-19125-4.
* "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). ISBN 1-594-14595-4.
* "The Blood of Father Time, Book 2, The Mystic Clan's Grand Plot" (co-authored by Alan M. Clark, Stephen C. Merritt, and Lorelei Shannon) (Five Star Press, July 2007). ISBN 1-594-14604-7.

Works

He has illustrated book covers and inner illustrations for the following authors and many more:
* John Paul Allen
* Jay Bonansinga
* Ray Bradbury
* Gary A. Braunbeck
* David Brin
* Poppy Z. Brite
* Kealan Patrick Burke
* Elizabeth Engstrom
* Christopher Golden
* Jim C. Hines
* Charlee Jacob
* Jeremy Robert Johnson
* Brian Keene
* Jack Ketchum
* Nancy Kilpatrick
* Brian Knight
* Stephen King
* Joe R. Lansdale
* Richard Laymon
* Brian Lumley
* James A. Moore
* L. E. Modesitt
* Yvonne Navarro
* William F. Nolan
* Norman Partridge
* Tom Piccirilli
* Al Sarrantonio
* Allen Steele
* Steve Rasnic Tem
* Jeffrey Thomas
* F. Paul Wilson

References and links

* [http://www.alanmclark.com/ Alan M. Clark's official website]
* [http://www.alanmclark.com/credits.shtml A list of credits and awards on Mr. Clark's official site]