Simon Clark

Simon Clark, 2008

Simon Clark (born April 20, 1958 in Doncaster , England ) is a British horror writer .

Life

His first short stories appeared in British fanzines such as the semi-professional magazine Back Brain Recluse , which also published its first short story volume Blood and Grit in 1990 . When Clark was able to sell two novel manuscripts to a publisher in 1994 ( Hodder Headline , now part of WHSmith ) and found a literary agent, he decided to become a freelance writer (previously he had various jobs, including as a script writer in advertising and an office worker). After seven novels published in Great Britain, there was also a publisher for the US market ( Leisure Books , specializing in horror).

Clark is best known for his series of vampyrrhic novels (the first part of which was published in German by Wurdack-Verlag ), for his continuation of the classic The Triffids (by John Wyndham ) and for his work on the television series Doctor Who .

In 2002 he received the British Fantasy Award in both the Best Novel and Best Short Story categories ; his novel Humpty's Bones won this award in 2011.

Works (in German translation)

• Vampyrrhic , Roman (translated by Ernst Wurdack and others), Wurdack Verlag, Nittendorf 2010, ISBN 978-3-938065-55-6

Works (selection in original language)

Novels

• His Vampyrrhic Bride (2012), ISBN 978-0-7278-8184-7
• Ghost Monster (2009), ISBN 978-0-8439-6179-9
• Vengeance Child (2009), ISBN 978-0-7278-6705-6
• Whitby Vampyrrhic (2009), ISBN 978-0-7278-6831-2
• The Midnight Man (2008), ISBN 978-1-84751-061-7
• Lucifer's Ark (2007), ISBN 978-1-84751-039-6
• This Rage of Echoes (2007), ISBN 978-0-7090-8533-1
• Death's Dominion (2006), ISBN 978-0-7090-8189-0
• London Under Midnight (2006), ISBN 978-0-7278-6398-0
• The Tower (2005), ISBN 978-0-7090-8002-2
• In This Skin (2004), ISBN 978-0-7090-7655-1
• Vampyrrhic Rites (2003), ISBN 978-0-340-81941-8
• Stranger (2002), ISBN 978-0-7090-7224-9
• Darkness Demands (2001), ISBN 978-0-8439-4898-1
• The Night of the Triffids (2001), ISBN 978-0-340-76601-9
• Judas Tree (1999), ISBN 978-0-340-73914-3
• The Fall (1998), ISBN 978-0-340-69611-8
• Vampyrrhic (1998), ISBN 978-0-340-69609-5
• King Blood (1997), ISBN 978-0-340-66062-1
• Darker (1996), ISBN 978-0-340-66060-7
• Blood Crazy (1995), ISBN 978-0-8439-4825-7
• Nailed By The Heart (1995), 2000, ISBN 978-0-8439-4713-7

Volumes of short stories

• Blood and Grit 21 (2011)
• The Gravedigger's Tale (2010) ISBN 978-0-7090-9119-6
• Midnight Bazaar - A Secret Arcade of Strange and Eerie Tales (2007) ISBN 978-0-7090-8344-3
• Hotel Midnight (2005) ISBN 978-0-7090-7819-7
• Salt Snake and Other Bloody Cuts (1999)
• Blood & Grit (1990) ISBN 978-1-872588-03-2

literature

• Karsten Kruschel : Vampyrrhic , in: The Science Fiction Year 2011 , edited by Sascha Mamczak , Wolfgang Jeschke and Sebastian Pirling, Heyne, Munich 2011, pp. 1026-1029. ISBN 978-3-453-53379-0

Web links

• Literature by and about Simon Clark in the catalog of the German National Library
• Author's website