Jaime Clarke is an American novelist and editor. He is a founding editor of the literary journal ''

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'' and co-owner, with his wife, of Newtonville Books, an independent bookstore in

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Early life and education

Clarke was born in

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, but grew up in

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. Out of high school, Clarke worked as a runner for financier

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. He attended

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and

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before graduating with a creative writing degree from the

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. He also holds an MFA in creative writing from

Bennington College Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont. Founded in 1932 as a women's college, it became co-educational in 1969. It claims to be the first college to include visual and performing arts as an equal partner in ...

Career

After graduating, Clarke moved to New York City, where he worked at the Harold Ober Associates literary agency. Clarke has taught creative writing at the University of Massachusetts in Boston and

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. His novels ''Vernon Downs'', ''World Gone Water'', and ''Garden Lakes'' are part of his Charlie Martens trilogy and is collected in a limited-edition omnibus published by Roundabout Press to celebrate the story collection ''Minor Characters'', (New York Times New & Noteworthy selection) featuring original stories about the minor characters in the trilogy by

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, Christopher Boucher, Kenneth Calhoun, Nina de Gramont,

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, Annie Hartnett,

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, Lauren Mechling, Shelly Oria, Stacey Richter, Joseph Salvatore,

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, and Daniel Torday. The collection features a foreword by

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, and an introduction by Laura van den Berg. Laura van den Berg on Clarke’s work wrote, "Jaime Clarke has been one of our foremost chroniclers of obsession since his debut novel, ''We’re So Famous'', appeared in 2001." He is the author of the Golden Age detective novel, ''The Disappearance of Swenson’s Secretary: A Harold Ober Mystery'' under the pseudonym J.D. West.

Bibliography

Novels

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Short fiction

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Essays and interviews

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As editor

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Non-fiction

References

Citations

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