Alan M. Clark

Alan M. Clark
Born	Alan Marshall Clark (1957-05-10) May 10, 1957
Occupation	artist, illustrator, writer
Nationality	American
Period	1985–present
Genre	Horror fiction, Fantasy

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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"),^[1] 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, Lonely Road Books, 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.

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 (McFarland & Company, 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 ISBN 0-9671912-6-2
Siren Promised (co-written by Jeremy Robert Johnson) (Bloodletting Press, 2005 limited edition; reprinted by Swallowdown Press 2006). ISBN 0-9762498-9-8.
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 0-9671912-5-4.
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 1-59414-595-4.
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 1-59414-604-7.
D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman (co-written by Elizabeth Massie) (Raw Dog Screaming Press 2009). Hardcover ISBN 978-1-933293-82-0 / Paperback ISBN 978-1-933293-83-7
Boneyard Babies (Lazy Fascist Press 2010). Paperback ISBN 1-936383-21-7
Of Thimble and Threat: The Life of a Ripper Victim (book 1 of the Jack the Ripper Victims Series) (Lazy Fascist Press 2011). Paperback ISBN 1-936383-69-1
A Parliament of Crows (Lazy Fascist Press 2012). Paperback ISBN 1621050637
The Door That Faced West (Lazy Fascist Press 2014). Paperback ISBN 978-1621051398
Say Anything But Your Prayers (book 2 of the Jack the Ripper Victims Series) (Lazy Fascist Press 2014). Paperback ISBN 978-1621051572
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 ISBN 978-0-9887767-7-7
The Surgeon's Mate: A Dismemoir (IFD Publishing 2016). Paperback ISBN 978-0-9965536-2-9
A Brutal Chill in August (Word Horde 2016). Paperback ISBN 978-1-939905-25-3

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 (Nonestop Press, 2007).

Works

He has illustrated book covers and interior illustrations for the following authors and many more:

References

↑ "Award Winners and Nominees". World Fantasy Convention. Retrieved 4 February 2011.

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World Fantasy Award—Artist

1975–1979	Lee Brown Coye (1975) Frank Frazetta (1976) Roger Dean (1977) Lee Brown Coye (1978) Alicia Austin / Dale Enzenbacher (1979)

1980–1989	Don Maitz (1980) Michael Whelan (1981) Michael Whelan (1982) Michael Whelan (1983) Stephen Gervais (1984) Edward Gorey (1985) Jeff Jones / Thomas Canty (1986) Robert Gould (1987) J. K. Potter (1988) Edward Gorey (1989)

1990–1999	Thomas Canty (1990) Dave McKean (1991) Tim Hildebrandt (1992) James Gurney (1993) Alan M. Clark / J. K. Potter (1994) Jacek Yerka (1995) Gahan Wilson (1996) Mœbius (Jean Giraud) (1997) Alan Lee (1998) Charles Vess (1999)

2000–2009	Jason Van Hollander (2000) Shaun Tan (2001) Allen Koszowski (2002) Thomas Kidd (2003) Donato Giancola / Jason Van Hollander (2004) John Picacio (2005) James Jean (2006) Shaun Tan (2007) Edward Miller (Les Edwards) (2008) Shaun Tan (2009)

2010–present	Charles Vess (2010) Kinuko Y. Craft (2011) John Coulthart (2012) Vincent Chong (2013) Charles Vess (2014) Samuel Araya (2015)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 9006255 LCCN: n90654040

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