Craig Clevenger is an American author of contemporary fiction. He was born in 1964 in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in Southern California, where he studied English at California State University, Long Beach.

He is the author of three novels: The Contortionist's Handbook and Dermaphoria, both published by MacAdam/Cage, and Mother Howl, published by Datura. His work has been described as neo-noir and has received acclaim from authors such as Chuck Palahniuk and Irvine Welsh.

Clevenger cites influences from writers like Jim Thompson, James M. Cain, Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Matheson, Italo Calvino, Kōbō Abe, Steve Erickson, Mark Danielewski, Will Christopher Baer, Seth Morgan, James Ellroy, Michael Hogan, John O'Brien, Michael Ventura, and Rupert Thomson.

His third novel, Mother Howl, is based on his short story The Fade, which he adapted into a short film with director Scott Krinsky. He shares a fan base with fellow authors Will Christopher Baer and Stephen Graham Jones.