Violet Alice Clarke was based in Toronto where she contributed to newspapers and published her only book of poetry in 1919.

Very little information is available about this author. Violet Alice Clarke published a collection of poems with Ryerson Press in Toronto: (1919). A reviewer descdribed the poetry as "strictly amateur." As the title suggests, the collection includes a number of poems on topics such as politicians, suffrage, and labour issues. Clarke was among those poets who translated Sir Adolphe Routier's French Canadian anthem, (1880), into English, but her translation was not ultimately chosen as the official English anthem. Clarke also is known to have contributed to the Toronto papers the , the , the , and to the Victoria . Newspaper records indicate that Violet was an active member of various organizations including the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE), the Girl Guides of Canada, the Toronto Women's Liberal Association, and the Anglican Women's Auxilary. She died some time after 1951.