Born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Joan Clark grew up there as well as in Sydney Mines and Sussex, New Brunswick. She lived in Alberta for twenty odd years and now lives in St. John's, Newfoundland. She attended Acadia University and the University of Alberta. She taught in schools sporadically. Together with Edna Alford, she began the literary magazine Dandelion, and is a full-time fiction writer. Her books are translated into French, German, Swedish, and Danish. A stage production of Eiriksdottir took place in Western Newfoundland, July-August, 1997.
