Simon Clark is a British horror writer and the author of numerous acclaimed novels and short stories. Some of his best-known works include Night of the Triffids, Nailed By the Heart, Darker, The Fall, Blood Crazy, and Vampyrrhic; his short stories have been featured in anthologies including Blood & Grit and Salt Snake & Other Bloody Cuts. His short story “Goblin City Lights” won the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story in 2001; he has also won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel, the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, and the British Fantasy Award for his novels. Clark is also the author of The Dalek Factor, an original Doctor Who novella, and has written prose material for the international rock band U2.