C.L. Polk was born in 1969, C.L. Polk has written at least 10 books. Their most popular book is Even Though I Knew the End with 178 saves with an average rating of 3.91⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Fantasy, Fiction, and LGBTQ.
Adventurous, mysterious, and emotional are their most common moods.
C. L. Polk (they/them/she/her) wrote the Hugo nominated Kingston Cycle, beginning with the WFA winning novel Witchmark. Their Subjective Chaos Kind of Award winning novel The Midnight Bargain was a Canada Reads, Nebula, Locus, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Award finalist.
After leaving high school early, they have worked as a film extra, sold vegetables on the street, and identified exotic insect species for a vast collection of lepidoptera before settling down to write fantasy novels.
Mx. Polk lives In Calgary on Treaty 7 land, among the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, the Tsuut’ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations, and the Métis Nation (Region 3). They dwell in an apartment the same age as they are with too many books, not enough cats, and a yarn stash that could last a decade. A city person at heart, They menace the streets on rideshare scooters and ride a green bicycle with a basket on the front.
They drink good coffee because life is too short. They spend too much time on twitter. You can subscribe to their free newsletter, or subscribe to their Patreon for content writing nerds like.
Mx. Polk is represented by Caitlin McDonald of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.
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1 released bookAuthored 100% of series
Tor.com Short Fiction is a 1-book series first released in 2020 with contributions by Garth Nix, Harry Turtledove, and 5 others.
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3 primary booksAuthored 75% of series
The Kingston Cycle is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by C. L. Polk, C. L Polk, and C.L. Polk.
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10 primary books11 released booksAuthored 8% of series
Some of the Best from Tor.com is a 12-book series with 10 primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Harry Turtledove, Charlie Jane Anders, and 154 others.
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F&SF is a 9-book series with 9 primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by David J. Skal, Alex Shvartsman, and 44 others.