Alex Clark | |
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Occupation | Journalist |
Alex Clark is a British literary journalist and editor who has written for The Guardian, The Observer [1] and The Times Literary Supplement. She also presents Front Row on BBC Radio 4 and hosts the Vintage Podcast about books. [2]
Clark is Editor at Large at Union Books. [3] Having previously served as deputy editor, she was appointed as the first female editor of Granta magazine in May 2008, in succession to Jason Cowley. [4] Clark assumed the post in the following September, but left in May 2009. [5] She was succeeded by John Freeman. [6]
Clark was a member of the panel of judges for Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2003. She has judged many other literary prizes, including the 2008 Man Booker Prize, [7] the Encore Award for best second novel [8] and she is on the advisory committee of the Folio Prize. [9]