Clark Thomas Carlton is an American novelist, playwright, and a screen and television writer living in Los Angeles. He has also worked as a producer of reality television. Carlton is best known for his science fiction/fantasy novel Prophets of the Ghost Ants published by HarperCollins Voyager in 2016.
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| Born | Clark Thomas Carlton Gainesville, Florida, U.S. |
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| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Genre | Science fiction Fantasy |
| Notable works | Prophets of the Ghost Ants The Prophet of the Termite God |
| Notable awards | Kirkus Best of the Year 2011, Drama-Logue Critics Award 1997 |
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Author
editCarlton is the author of Prophets of the Ghost Ants, Book 1 of the Antasy Series published by HarperCollins Voyage on December 13, 2016.[1] The indie version of the book was named a Best of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews.[2] The sequel, Book 2 of the Antasy Series is The Prophet of the Termite God which was released on April 13, 2019.[3]
Playwright
editIn 1997, Carlton was awarded the Drama-Logue Critics Award for his play Self Help or the Tower of Psychobabble along with playwrights Neil Simon and Henry Ong. The play, a satire of the psychotherapy industry, was performed in Santa Monica, Palm Springs, Los Angeles and West Hollywood and directed by Michael Kearns and was also produced in Chicago.[4]
Painter
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Carlton is a painter who embraces the description of his work as "Grandma Moses on acid". His work has been displayed through the Palm Springs Art Museum Annex through the Palm Springs Arts Council.[5]
Musician, singer-songwriter
editIn December 1999, Carlton released an album of songs titled Salt Water through CD baby where he accompanied himself on acoustic guitar.[6] At present he is at work on Gardens of Babylon, a synth pop opera about the building of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The opera was written with his partner, Mike Dobson, an Emmy award winning music supervisor and composer on the daytime drama, the Young and the Restless.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Prophets of the Ghost Ants". HarperCollins. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ "Best of Indie: Sci-Fi". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ^ "The Prophet of the Termite God". HarperCollins. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ Sean McGrath (May 21, 1999). "Larry Kramer Revises Just Say No for Chi's Bailiwick, Stars Louganis, May 21 – July 4". Playbill. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ "Clark Carlton". Saatchi Art. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ "Salt Water". iHeartRadio. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ "Gardens of Babylon". Facebook. Retrieved February 20, 2019.