Robert Clark (born April 9, 1952
) is an American novelist and writer of
nonfiction
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. He has received the Edgar, James Beard and Julia Child awards, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, and the Washington State Book Award as well as being a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the IMPAC Dublin Award. He has also been a Guggenheim Fellow and his books have been TLS and New York Times Notable Books of the Year. A native of
St. Paul, Minnesota, he lives in
New York City
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.
Works
Fiction
*''In the Deep Midwinter'' (1998)
*''Mr. White's Confession'' (1999)
*''Love Among the Ruins'' (2002)
*''Lives of the Artists'' (2005)
Nonfiction
*''James Beard: A Biography'' (1993)
*''River of the West: A Chronicle of the Columbia'' (1997)
*''The Solace of Food: A Life of James Beard '' (1998)
*''My Grandfather's House: A Genealogy of Doubt and Faith'' (2000)
*''Dark Water: Flood and Redemption in the City of Masterpieces'' (2008)
*''My Victorians: Lost in the Nineteenth Century'' (2019)
References
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Living people
Edgar Award winners
1952 births