Aaron Philip Clark is a native of Los Angeles, CA. He is a novelist, screenwriter, educator, and author of the International Thriller Writers Award-nominated Detective Trevor Finnegan series.
Clark teaches creative writing at UCLA Extension and finds inspiration while hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains and exploring Los Angeles's many facets.
The Accomplice, a neo-western thriller co-written by Clark in collaboration with rapper and entertainment mogul Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, will be published by Amistad, an imprint of Harper Collins, in September 2024.
He is represented by Bellevue Productions and is working on adapting numerous novels.
Unique traits: Law enforcement experience and long-time educator.
COLOR OF LAW Mystery ⋄ Crime Based on the novel Under Color of Law, when a Black LAPD recruit is murdered, ambitious Detective Trevor “Finn” Finnegan hunts for the killer, facing danger at every turn, but it’s Finn’s questionable past as a beat cop that may hold the key to solving the crime.
Winner of the Book Pipeline Adaptation Contests
(2021)
Otis College of Art and Design
(2006-2010)
The University of the Arts
(2002-2005)