Award-winning author Lukman Clark lives with his wife, Dr. Linda Strahan, and two cats in Riverside, California. He works as a fulltime writer and gardener in his own backyard. Long ago, Lukman earned his BA in Communications/English Lit and an MBA in International Marketing. From there he went on to executive positions in banking, finance & investment, petroleum equipment manufacture, art museum management, farmers markets management, and nonprofit strategy & fundraising consulting.
Publications include short stories, flash fiction and poetry:
"Going Home," under pseudonym Pak Sukma.
"The Chair," under pseudonym David Dawson
“Tuya's River”
“Ransom”
“Bardo Queen”
“Egyptian Elegies”
“The Book of Adam & Other Poems”
Following completion of Egyptian Elegies, Lukman began writing his debut novel, THE ALEXANDRIA SCROLLS, which has turned into a trilogy. Written in the Visionary Fiction/Magical Realism genre(s) the three novels deal with reincarnation, the bardo and development of the soul. Book One - "In Her Own Words", which tells the never-before-told story of Hypatia of Alexandria from her perspective, has won the 2022 Firebird Book Award and a 5-Star Readers Choice review.