Mark Clark

I'm Mark Clark and this is my Author Central page. If you've clicked to this screen, you're either curious about my work or afflicted with a twitchy mouse finger. On the off chance that it's the former, here's the lowdown:

I'm an author and film historian who writes about classic movies and TV shows. My most recent work is STAR WARS FAQ: EVERYTHING LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE TRILOGY THAT CHANGED THE MOVIES (Applause Books, 2015). I am currently preparing a book about horror films of the 1940s for McFarland and Co.

My other works include STAR TREK FAQ: EVERYTHING LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE FIRST VOYOAGES OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE (2012, Applause Books), STAR TREK FAQ 2.0: EVERYTHING LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE FEATURE FILMS, THE NEXT GENERATION AND BEYOND (2013, Applause), SIXTIES SHOCKERS: A CRITICAL FILMOGRAPHY OF HORROR CINEMA, 1960-69 (2011, McFarland, with Bryan Senn), and SMIRK, SNEER AND SCREAM: GREAT ACTING IN HORROR CINEMA (2004, McFarland), both of which earned Rondo Hatton Award nominations for Book of the Year. STAR TREK FAQ was named to one of Kirkus Reviews' Ten Best lists for 2012. (Not that I'm bragging. Much.)

I've also contributed essays and articles to many other books and magazines including the excellent SCIENCE FICTION AMERICA: ESSAYS ON SF CINEMA (McFarland, 2006), which Amazon won't let me add to the list below because it was edited by my friend David Hogan and by not me.

I'm a proud graduate of the University of Louisville and a former film critic for the Louisville Courier-Journal. I now reside in beautiful Mentor on the Lake, Ohio, with my highly indulgent wife and children.