On page 299 of vol. 2 of Nightshade's Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith is the following: "He [Scott Connors] is currently working on a biography of Smith."

Is this project still being worked on? :)

Research is 99% complete, and I have written portions of it. It seemed to me that it made more sense to get CAS back into print in a decent edition than to write a bio of somebody that wasn't being read any more. I expect to start writing it in earnest once two current projects (one of them the former "bonus booklet" from NSB, now a full-fledged hardcover).

That's good to hear -- both about the bio and the two current projects. :)

A Clark Ashton Smith biography sounds great!

Especially with all the new volumes of his works becoming available in recent years.

Has there ever been a Clark Ashton Smith biography? I did a quick reach and didnt really find any in book form.



JELIO

jelio Wrote:
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> Has there ever been a Clark Ashton Smith biography?

Not exactly a biography, but a short biographical essay:

[www.silverkeypress.org]

Chipougne Wrote:
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Highly recommended!!

I will certainly be looking forward to this. Please keep us posted on your progress.

I ache for this book, Scott. I believe you told me, at HPLFF or perhaps WFC, that your book will be a critical biography, perhaps similar to Rosemary Ashton's book on Coleridge. That pleases me extremely, because I love how such books concentrate on critical assessment of an artist's Work. I know your health has delayed the book alarmingly, but I hope that you've been able to make some progress. Miss running into you, but I can no longer attend HPLFF or cons because of the situation with me mum.

"I'm a little girl."
--H. P. Lovecraft, Esq.