Simon Clark

He also uses a technique that he calls "The Art of Wandering". The idea for Goblin City Lights arose from wandering in a London graveyard. His other novels include Blood Crazy, recently extrapolated into a series, On Deadly Ground (Formerly King Blood), the Vampyrrhic series, Cold Legion and Sherlock Holmes: Lord Of Damnation.

The recorded working language is British English and English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are horror, vampire, horror fiction and thriller. Works named in the authority record are The Night of the Triffids. Distinctions recorded are August Derleth Award, British Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Award for Best Novella and British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction.

• Name — Simon Clark • Born — 20 April 1958 • Birthplace — Doncaster, England • Genre — Horror novel • Notable Works — The Night of the Triffids

Simon Clark was born on 20 April 1958 in Doncaster, England. He is married and has two children. Clark began his career writing stories for fanzines. One of these was the semiprozine Back Brain Recluse (BBR). His first published collection of stories was Blood And Grit, published by BBR in 1990. In 1994 an editor named Nick Austin at Hodder Headline bought both Nailed by the Heart and Blood Crazy. An agent agreed to represent Clark. At this point, Clark decided to become a full-time writer. After his seventh novel had been published in England, the American publisher Leisure Books republished his first book, Nailed by the Heart. Clark's first book for the American market, Darkness Demands, was set in the small English village of Skelbrooke, South Yorkshire. Clark has also written prose material for U2 in the fan magazine Propaganda.

One of Clark's most popular novels, Vampyrrhic, has been followed by several sequels. Clark has said that he is not a fan of vampire novels. In the 1990s it was his view that vampires were becoming romantic, attractive figures. His intention in writing the book was to make the vampire loathsome, repellent, and ultra-violent again.

The Night of the Triffids is Clark's sequel to The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. His agent contacted the trustees of Wyndham's estate, who agreed to the proposal.

Clark's Doctor Who novella, The Dalek Factor, was published by Telos Publishing just before the rights to publish Doctor Who were reacquired by the BBC. Around the same time, Clark was commissioned by the BBC to write a story for the second series of an animated Doctor Who series starring Richard E. Grant. This is the Doctor known as the Shalka Doctor. Three episodes were written before the commission was cancelled due to the imminent return of the live television series.

In August 2023, Clark signed a three-book deal with Darkness Visible Publishing, run by author Roger Keen, which inaugurated the Blood Crazy Series. The first book is a republication of the original novel, first published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1995. It concerns nineteen-year-old Nick Aten, caught up in a maelstrom when the entire adult population becomes murderously unhinged and is driven to annihilate every young person below the age of twenty. The second book, Blood Crazy: Aten in Absentia, features a new community and their struggles with a mystery illness, together with the emergence of curious personality changes to the ‘Creosotes’ (the murderous adults), which pose unknown threats. The third book, Blood Crazy: Aten Present, sees the return of Nick and other favourite characters, who are caught up in a new apocalypse as the transformed adults wreak havoc on a greater scale. Blood Crazy was republished in September 2023, Blood Crazy: Aten in Absentia is published in December 2023, and Blood Crazy: Aten Present will appear early in 2024.

Clark's story "Six Men with Fire", a story about a picket-line during the UK miner's strike of 1984–1985 was read by Paul Copley on Morning Story on BBC Radio 4, on 27 July 1988. A Big Finish Productions audio adaptation of The Night of the Triffids was released in September 2014. It stars Sam Troughton as David Masen.

• His Vampyrrhic Bride (2012) Severn House Publishers, • Ghost Monster (2009) Leisure Books, • Vengeance Child (2009) Severn House Publishers, • Whitby Vampyrrhic (2009) Severn House Publishers, • The Midnight Man (2008) Severn House Publishers, • Lucifer's Ark (2007) Severn House Publishers, • This Rage of Echoes (2007) Robert Hale Ltd, • Death's Dominion (2006) Robert Hale Ltd, • London Under Midnight (2006) Severn House Publishers, • The Tower (2005) Robert Hale Ltd, • In This Skin (2004) Robert Hale Ltd, • Vampyrrhic Rites (2003) Hodder Headline, • Stranger (2002) Robert Hale Ltd, • Darkness Demands (2001) Leisure Books, • The Night of the Triffids (2001) Hodder Headline, • Judas Tree (1999) Hodder Headline, • The Fall (1998) Hodder Headline, • Vampyrrhic (1998) Hodder Headline, • King Blood (1997) Hodder Headline, • Darker (1996) Hodder Headline, • Blood Crazy (1995) Hodder Headline, reissued by Leisure Books, 2001, • Nailed by the Heart (1995) Hodder Headline, reissued by Leisure Books, 2000,

• Butterfly (2010) Cemetery Dance Publications, • Humpty's Bones (2010) Telos Publishing, • This Ghosting Tide (2009) Bad Moon Books, • Stone Cold Calling (2008) Tasmaniac Publications, • She Loves Monsters (2006) Necessary Evil Press, • Doctor Who: The Dalek Factor (2004) Telos Publishing,

Reviewers at Publishers Weekly have given Clark's works mixed reviews. The reviewer of Darker said it was "disappointing" and hoped Clark would do better next time. The reviewer of Whitby Vampyrrhic called the novel a "cookie-cutter story of an English town infested by the undead". However, His Vampyrrhic Bride was described as "romantic without being soppy or sentimental", and "a palate cleanser for horror readers tired of the same old blood-suckers". The Night of the Triffids was said to be "a crafty continuation" of The Day of the Triffids, being "more literary than many books of its ilk" and a "truly enjoyable voyage". The reviewer for Death's Dominion wrote that "all the monster-burning, skull-crushing, village-razing, castle-raiding fun... make for a satisfying son of Frankenstein".

Simon Clark is recorded with the occupation science fiction writer. Classed in the genre vampire literature. Classed in the genre science fiction. Classed in the genre thriller. Recorded as having received August Derleth Award, British Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Award for Best Novella. Recognition and collections. Clark received August Derleth Award, British Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Award for Best Novella and British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction.