Craig Clevenger

Clevenger's debut novel, The Contortionist's Handbook, was first published in 2002. It is the story of John Dolan Vincent, a prodigious forger who has been detained for a psychiatric interview following a near-fatal painkiller overdose. As the narrator bluffs his way through the interview in order to avoid being involuntarily institutionalized, he tells the reader his true story - the one he is not telling the psychiatrist - revealing both his past and the true nature of his circumstances. The Contortionist's Handbook has since been translated into five languages - German, Italian, Polish, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese - as well as published in the United Kingdom by [http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/ HarperCollins]. Several other translations are forthcoming, including Russian and Japanese. Film rights for The Contortionist's Handbook were optioned in 2007 by [http://greenestreetfilms.com/ Greenestreet Films]. Miguel Sapochnik has been linked as director and Channing Tatum as star. [http://www.movieinsider.com/m6664/the-contortionists-handbook]{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/78935-9-books-to-read-if-youre-obsessed-with-daredevil-and-youve-already-watched-every-minute|title=9 Books To Read If You Totally Loved 'Daredevil'|first=Hannah|last=Nelson-Teutsch|website=Bustle}}{{cite web|url=https://culturedvultures.com/5-long-awaited-books-cult-authors/|title=5 Long-Awaited Books by Cult Authors|date=February 18, 2016|website=Cultured Vultures}}

In 2005, MacAdam/Cage released Clevenger's second novel, Dermaphoria, the diary of an amnesiac LSD chemist who becomes addicted to a drug which synthesizes the feeling of human touch. Documentary film maker Ross Clarke will be making his narrative directorial debut with a film adaptation of the book adaptation. It has toured film festivals under the new name "Desiree" and now has a website. It has toured film festivals,{{Cite web|url=http://desireefilm.com/|title=DESIREE {{!}} THE MOVIE|website=desireefilm.com|access-date=March 29, 2016}} and the director says news about its release will be released as soon as they are decided.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/dermaphoriafilm/|title=Dermaphoria|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=March 29, 2016}} It was filmed in New Orleans and stars Joseph Morgan, Ron Perlman, Walton Goggins and Kate Walsh.{{Cite web|url=http://desireefilm.com/cast/|title=CAST {{!}} DESIREE|website=desireefilm.com|access-date=March 29, 2016}} Musician Bill Brown composed the score for the film.[https://soundcloud.com/billbrownmusic/i-remember]{{cite web|url=https://chuckpalahniuk.net/interviews/craig-clevenger|title=Craig Clevenger|website=The Cult}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/may/20/featuresreviews.guardianreview18|title=Review: Dermaphoria by Craig Clevenger|first=James|last=Flint|date=May 19, 2006|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}

Clevenger published his third novel, Mother Howl, in June 2023, through Angry Robot.

• The Contortionist's Handbook
• Hardcover, 2002; {{ISBN|1-931561-15-X}}
• Paperback, 2003; {{ISBN|1-931561-48-6}}

• Dermaphoria
• Hardcover, 2005; {{ISBN|1-931561-75-3}}
• Paperback, 2006; {{ISBN|1-931561-75-3}}

• Mother Howl
• Paperback, 2023 {{ISBN|978-1915523037}}

• "The Fade" on [https://web.archive.org/web/20121029130300/http://craigclevenger.wordpress.com/electro-fiction/the-fade/ craigclevenger.com] (2005)
• "The Numbers Game" in San Francisco Noir 2 (2009)
• "Mother Howl" on [http://chuckpalahniuk.net/features/shorts/mother-howl chuckpalahniuk.net] (2009)
• "Subcarrier" on [http://chuckpalahniuk.net/features/shorts/subcarrier chuckpalahniuk.net] (2009)
• "Mercury" in [http://sensitiveskinmagazine.com/mercury/ Sensitive Skin] issue 3 (2010)
• "Act of Contrition" in Warmed and Bound (2011)
• "Obsolescence" in In Search of a City: Los Angeles in 1,000 Words (2011)
• "Drunk & DC" in Barrelhouse magazine, issue 10 (2012)
• "Chicken Wire" in [https://web.archive.org/web/20140202100632/http://blackclock.org/issues/2013/issue-16/ //Black Clock//] n°16 (2013)
• "The Confession of Adelai Shade" in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130528034738/http://www.bookedpodcast.com/anthology/ The Booked Anthology] (2013)
• "Vapor Trail" in [http://therumpus.net/2014/01/the-sunday-rumpus-fiction-vapor-trail/ The Sunday Rumpus] (2014)

• "Thirteen Hours at the Oakland Strike" on [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-clevenger/post_2579_b_1077306.html Huffington Post] (2011)
• "Scotty's Last Name" on [https://web.archive.org/web/20130720045310/http://occupywriters.com/works/by-craig-clevenger OccupyWriters.com] (2011)
• "Neglected Authors: Seth Morgan" on [http://litreactor.com/columns/neglected-authors-seth-morgan LitReactor.com] (2013)
• "High Priest of the Godless: A Jim Thompson Primer" on [http://litreactor.com/columns/high-priest-of-the-godless-a-jim-thompson-primer LitReactor.com] (2013)

"Smoke and Mirrors" (2015) available from Six Finger Films (2015)[https://web.archive.org/web/20160328043134/http://sixfingerfilms.com/portfolio/craig-clevengers-smoke-and-mirrors/] due to this Kickstarter [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sixfingerfilms/craig-clevengers-smoke-and-mirrors?ref=live]

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070821054448/http://www.macadamcage.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&products_id=237 MacAdam/Cage bio] for Craig Clevenger
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080616084855/http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/books/diary/diary-blogs Transcript of Chuck Palahniuk's Audio Blog] Monday, August 18, 2003
• [http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,,1460833,00.html "Tied Up in Knots,"] Irvine Welsh for The Guardian, April 16, 2005
• [https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117964112.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 "Greenestreet Books Deal"] Variety.com May 2007

Official sites

• {{official|craigclevenger.com}}
• [http://www.welcometothevelvet.com/ The Velvet] official online community of Craig Clevenger, Will Christopher Baer, and Stephen Graham Jones
• [https://litreactor.com/classes/200-proof-storytelling-with-craig-clevenger 200 Proof Storytelling Workshop] A class Craig Clevenger teaches online with LitReactor

Interviews

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080515144512/http://www.curledup.com/clevint.htm Curled Up]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080705171551/http://www.mookychick.co.uk/interviews/craig_clevenger.php MookyCh!ck]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20031221194852/http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/squib/23.html Movie Poopshoot 1]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080720154024/http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/squib/24.html Movie Poopshoot 2]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080709074114/http://sassone.tripod.com/pbjissue37.html Professor Barnhardt's Journal 1]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080709074339/http://sassone.tripod.com/pbjissue57.html Professor Barnhardt's Journal 2]
• [http://www.tlchicken.com/view_story.php?ARTid=1788/ TastesLikeChicken]
• [http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Craig+Clevenger/ Suicide Girls I]
• [http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Craig%20Clevenger%20author%20of%20Dermaphoria/ Suicide Girls II]

Audio

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080516125800/http://www.kqed.org/arts/people/profile.jsp?id=13979 KQED's "The Writer's Block]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070710164038/http://www.podcast.net/show/9855 Craig Clevenger reading from ''Dermaphoria] at Pete's Candy Store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn while on tour in October 2005
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070205181527/http://misnomer.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=82717 Misnomer Radio's] Logan Rapp interviews Craig Clevenger.

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