Clark has worked full-time at Poynter since 1979 as director of the writing center, dean of the faculty, senior scholar and vice president.Ĭlark was born in 1948 on the Lower East Side of New York City and raised on Long Island, where he attended Catholic schools. More credibility comes from Clark's long service at The Poynter Institute. That combination gives his most recent book, Writing Tools, a special credibility. He is a teacher who writes, and a writer who teaches. He has gained fame by teaching writing to children, and he has nurtured Pulitzer Prize-winning writers such as Thomas French and Diana Sugg.
With a deep background in traditional media, his work has illuminated, on the Internet, the discussion of writing. in medieval literature, he is widely considered one of the most influential writing teachers in the rough-and-tumble world of newspaper journalism. A Google search on his name reveals an astonishing web of influence, not just in the United States, but also around the world. By many accounts, Roy Peter Clark is America's writing coach, a teacher devoted to creating a nation of writers.
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