Clarence Haynes has worked for several years as an editor and writer in a variety of publishing venues and formats. He graduated from Columbia University with a double concentration in psychology and African-American studies, focusing on representations of race, gender and sexuality in literature.

Clarence has worked as a copy editor and freelance writer for the Long Island/Queens-based newspaper Newsday. Subsequently, he's been an editor with the teen publishing organization Youth Communication and an associate editor of both fiction and nonfiction with the imprint Harlem Moon and the Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group at Random House. He has also been an editor/consultant with the health publishing company Hilton, and works with both individual clients and companies on a number of book genres, including fiction, sci-fi/fantasy, YA, cultural criticism, art/photography and memoir.

Clarence has written for The Source, Publishers Weekly, Giant Magazine, City Limits, Black Issues in Higher Education and thegrio.com. He also served as content manager for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, where he increased the organization's social media fan base by 75,000 people. In addition to his publishing work, Clarence is a model and performance artist. He resides in Brooklyn.

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