C. L. Clark is an award-winning author and editor, and the author of Nebula-nominated novel The Unbroken, the first book in the Magic of the Lost trilogy. She graduated from Indiana University's creative writing MFA and was a 2012 Lambda Literary Fellow. She's been a personal trainer, an English teacher, and an editor, and is some combination thereof as she travels the world. When she's not writing or working, she's learning languages, swinging swords, or reading about war and [post-]colonial history. Her work has appeared in various SFF venues, including Tor.com, Uncanny Magazine, Best American, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies.