Pocket also published his second, third, and fourth novels, Breeder, Neverland, and Dark of the Eye. Finished in 1987, Clegg was convinced it would languish until an editor from one publishing house took it to Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books, which published it in 1989. His first novel, Goat Dance, was nominated for Outstanding First Novel by the Horror Writers Association. Throughout this period, he wrote reviews and entertainment articles for a small magazine. In 1986, he moved to Los Angeles to work for KCBS News. After graduating, Clegg taught junior high English, and worked as an editor for Ziff-Davis Publishing in Washington, D.C. He cites as formative influences the Edgar Allan Poe poems and Bible stories his mother used to read aloud when he was younger than five, and Twilight Zone episodes.followed soon after by Shakespeare, Shirley Jackson, and many other writers.ĭouglas Clegg received a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Washington and Lee University, where he co-founded an International Film Program and became a morning news DJ on college radio. For years, he kept his writing secret, hiding his stories and sometimes destroying them, if he thought they might be found. The former called it 'arguably, the first major work of fiction to originate in cyberspace.' Some four thousand mailing list subscribers received free chapters of Naomi on a weekly basis, boosting print numbers for the Leisure paperback (published in spring 2001) from the low 50,000 range to over 125,000.īorn in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, Clegg grew up in an artistic family, and wrote his first story, about the death of his pet mockingbird, at the age of nine on a typewriter his parents had given him a year or two earlier. In May 1999, Douglas Clegg's novel Naomi became the Internet's first publisher-sponsored e-serial, garnering write-ups in Publishers Weekly and Business Week.

The couple have a menagerie of rescued pets and enjoy canoeing, hiking and bicycling. On November 17, 2008, Clegg and Raul Silva were legally married.

On November 17, 2005, Clegg and Raul Silva, his partner of 16 years, were joined in a civil union. He maintains a strong Internet presence through his website and LiveJournal. Elisa_rolle Douglas Clegg (born April 1, 1958) is a horror and dark fantasy author, and a pioneer in the field of e-publishing.

The Hour Before Dark by Douglas Clegg