Roy Peter Clark

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Roy Peter Clark
Clark at the 2011 Texas Book Festival
Born	1948 (age 75–76) New York City, U.S.
Education	Providence College, B.A. (1970) State University of New York at Stony Book, PhD
Occupation(s)	Journalist Teacher
Years active	1974–present
Notable credit(s)	Writing Tools The Glamour of Grammar Help! For Writers

Roy Peter Clark (born 1948) is an American writer, editor, and a writing coach. He is also senior scholar and vice president of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, a journalism think tank in St. Petersburg, Florida, and the founder of the National Writers Workshop. Clark has appeared on several radio and television talk shows, speaking about journalism ethics and other writing issues.^[1]