Corinne Leigh Clark loves to read and write shadowy Gothic stories. In 2018, an excerpt from her manuscript-in-progress set in the slums of 19th-century London won a Penguin Random House Canada Student Award for Fiction. She is a graduate of The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and the creative writing program at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Education. Her debut novel "The Butcher's Daughter: The Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs. Lovett," co-written with horror author David Demchuk, will be published by Soho Press (NA) and Titan Books (UK) in May 2025.​
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The Butcher's Daughter
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Corinne Leigh Clark has an exceptional gift for vividly setting a scene. In her prose, the reader feels the suffocating bleakness of London and Charlotte's monotonous work days making clothing for the dead and the bereaved. Charlotte's family's own loss is marked by overwhelming blackness, and even Charlotte's formerly fiery hair has turned muted and dull. Clark's dreary London, painted with exquisite detail, is the perfect setting for suspense to build. This excerpt is carefully plotted, and the fright creeps in at just the right moments. Corinne Leigh Clark has crafted an atmospheric gem in this excerpt of Haunting Charlotte.
Sarah Jackson, Editorial Assistant, Knopf Random House Canada