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By many accounts, Roy Peter Clark is America's writing coach, a teacher devoted to creating a nation of writers. A Google search on his name reveals an astonishing web of influence, not just in the United States, but also around the world. His work has erased many boundaries. A Ph.D. in medieval literature, he is widely considered one of the most influential writing teachers in the rough-and-tumble world of newspaper journalism. With a deep background in traditional media, his work has illuminated, on the Internet, the discussion of writing. He has gained fame by teaching writing to children, and he has nurtured Pulitzer Prize-winning writers such as Thomas French and Diana Sugg. He is a teacher who writes, and a writer who teaches. That combination gives his most recent book, Writing Tools, a special credibility.

More credibility comes from Clark's long service at The Poynter Institute. Clark has worked full-time at Poynter since 1979 as director of the writing center, dean of the faculty, senior scholar and vice president.

Clark was born in 1948 on the Lower East Side of New York City and raised on Long Island, where he attended Catholic schools. He graduated from Providence College in Rhode Island with a degree in English and earned a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In 1977 Clark was hired by the St. Petersburg Times to become one of America's first writing coaches. He worked with the American Society of Newspaper Editors to improve newspaper writing nationwide. Because of his work with ASNE, Clark was elected as a distinguished service member, a rare honor for a journalist who has never edited a newspaper.

Clark is the author or editor of 14 books on journalism and writing. These include Free to Write: A Journalist Teaches Young Writers; Coaching Writers: Editors and Reporters Working Together Across Media Platforms; America's Best Newspaper Writing; The Values and Craft of American Journalism; The Changing South of Gene Patterson: Journalism and Civil Rights, 1960–1968; and, most recently, Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer.

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Roy Peter Clark

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Books from Roy Peter Clark

Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer

The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

The Art of X-Ray Reading

Help! For Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces

Murder Your Darlings: And Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser

Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer

America's Best Newspaper Writing: A Collection of ASNE Prizewinners

Coaching Writers

The Changing South of Gene Patterson: Journalism and Civil Rights, 1960-1968

Journalism: The Democratic Craft

Creating Nonfiction: Lessons from the Voice of the Genre

Best Newspaper Writing 1997

How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times

Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer

Journalism and Realism: Rendering American Life

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