Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Leonard Clifton I’m honored to have been named after Mr. Leonard Nimoy aka Spock from Star Trek. I live in Los Angeles, CA. I have written 4 books, I am a former actor. I worked with Steven Spielberg, Peyton Reed, (Ant-Man director) and Kirsten Dunst on the cult classic Bring It On. My book series The Last Prince of Atlantis Chronicles has taken me around the world doing extensive research. The book series is part of a curriculum at California State University, Northridge and will soon be in middle schools in Los Angeles and the first book is part of a STEAM program in Tanzania, Africa. I am a Comic-Con junkie. I recently filmed a promo video for The Last Prince of Atlantis in San Diego, CA. The mecca of all Comic-Cons and I am developing the first book into a movie and I have a documentary as well that will not coming out until after a movie is made.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is the 3rd book to The Last Prince of Atlantis Chronicles series. What inspired me was to simply to inspire the world to dream bigger and to inspire Black kids and Latino kids especially to see themselves represented in a positive way in the young adult Sci-Fi fantasy world. The book is a multiverse of characters from all backgrounds.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not really I think each author who writes have unique styles when it comes to writing books or scripts. I can say that traveling the world was an unusual habit to write from my worldwide adventures including cage diving with great white sharks in South Africa in the same location the Discovery Channel shoots Shark Week.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
JRR Tolkien, Alex Dumas, JK Rowling are my favorite authors.
What are you working on now?
I am working on the screenplay for The Last Prince of Atlantis movie.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My websitehttps://www.leonardclifton.com/
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write and look back at your work several months later to see how far you’ve gone creating your world only you will understand at the time before you have a great editor to help smooth out the grammar issues and formatting.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Enjoy life you only live once and be nice to people. You’ll be surprised how much you can make a stranger or a love feel by just giving a smile and a warm word to someone.
What are you reading now?
I am reading several books. Greg Hurwitz Orphan X, Zulu Shaman by Credo Mutwa and Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, my good friend former rocker Freddy Moore’s It’s Not A Rumour.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Hopefully a successful screenplay adaptation from The Last Prince of Atlantis Chronicles Book I and creating my charity foundation for foster kids and continue to be an advocate for climate change. I dived in the Great Barrier Reef with a marine biologist. Seeing the effects of the coral reef really educated me on how important it is to save our oceans and Mother Earth from the effects of a changing climate.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Hobbit, The Hero with A Thousand Faces, The Count of Monte Cristo ,and Sidney Poitier’s The Measure of A Man.
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