Charles Dane Clark

Charlie has watched scary movies between theater seats with one eye closed; checked out Jules Verne books over the objections of a librarian who felt he wasn’t old enough; bought his first Superman comic at age 11 for 10 cents; and watched Star Trek and Batman during their initial runs on TV. His first girlfriend was Wendy from Disney’s Peter Pan, and last year married Barbi, Wendy’s real-life incarnation. They share a home 20 minutes from Lake Texoma.

In 5^th grade Charlie started a neighborhood newspaper (it had one edition). He went on to write and edit 28 years for a daily newspaper, along the way launching two tribal newspapers. He was twice named best entertainment writer by the AP, and is a recipient of the Governor’s Art Award for Media. He worked as Writer in Residence for the State Arts Council, and served on a grants panel for the NEA in Washington, DC. He produced and hosted Inside Native America at Tulsa’s Channel 6, and worked in film (The Outsiders and Last of the Mohicans, among others). He now writes press releases for America’s third-largest tribe, and freelances.