Ward Clark grew up in the hills and trout streams of northeast Iowa's wooded uplands, gaining a keen interest in wildlife, camping, hunting, fishing, and the outdoors.
Clark served in the U.S. Army in the last years of the Cold War, including service in the Persian Gulf War. Captain Clark concluded his military career by serving on the staff of the Command Surgeon, U.S. Army, Europe. Along the way, he obtained a bachelor's degree in biology.
Writing as Anderson Gentry, Ward Clark's first major novel, The Crider Chronicles received a 2005 Preditors & Editors Reader's Choice Award for Top Ten Science Fiction Novel. The Galactic Confederacy series has continued with the 2008 release of Sky of Diamonds. A spin off work, Barrett's Privateers was released in 2008. Ward Clark's vision of the future combines a high-tech, planet-hopping world presented in a gritty, real style that has led some to call him the "Tom Clancy of Sci-Fi."
Also under the pseudonym Anderson Gentry, Clark released the first of the Nova Roma alternative history series, Nova Roma 1: De Itinere in Occasum in 2021, followed in 2023 with Nova Roma 2: Quaestu pro Nova Terra.
His fast-paced, hard-hitting style combines a unique blend of outdoor savvy, real-world military experience, and realistic character development.