As a writer…
Calvin Clark is a lifelong story addict—known to devour more than 600 books a year—and a writer drawn to the edge where reality blurs into the unknown. His fiction weaves together eclectic fascinations and lived experiences, with his current obsession—non-ordinary states of consciousness—infusing his latest works with psychological depth, mystery, and transcendence.
Before turning to fiction, Calvin began his career as a writer and editor at an international affairs think tank. He holds an MBA from Emory University and a triple major in Economics, Middle East Studies, and German from the University of Arkansas, where he also edited the university’s literary magazine.
Calvin has lived in Lebanon, Egypt, Switzerland, and India, and brings a global sensibility to his storytelling. He speaks Arabic, German, and a bit of Hebrew, and has worked across investment banking, venture capital, social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and tech startups—always chasing meaning, often in unconventional places.
He currently lives in Atlanta, GA with his three sons. He’s a member of the Atlanta Writers Club and Critique Circle, and was a winner in the 21st Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition.
As a creativity coach…
Calvin has coached Odyssey of the Mind at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels for over ten years in addition to competing himself for nine. Odyssey of the Mind is a creative problem-solving competition—the Olympics of creativity—that involves technical skills in science and engineering as well as artistic skills such as writing, acting, costume and set design, improv, you-name-it.
He has coached teams to the regional, state, and world finals competitions, where his teams have been world champions in the Long Term and Spontaneous competitions.
For adults, he’s run writing and critique groups both in person and virtually and has done dozens of developmental and line edits on novels of both traditionally and self published authors.
He works with creative minds to develop a productive dialectic between divergent and convergent thinking to meet their creative goals.