Jaime Clarke is an American novelist and editor. He is a founding editor of the literary journal ''
Post Road.''
Early life and education
Clarke was born in
Kalispell, Montana
Kalispell (, Salish-Spokane-Kalispel language, Montana Salish: Ql̓ispé, Kutenai language: Kqayaqawakⱡuʔnam) is a city in Montana and the county seat of Flathead County, Montana, United States. The 2020 census put Kalispell's population at ...
, but grew up in
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities and towns in Arizona#List of cities and towns, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona. With over 1.6 million residents at the 2020 census, it is the ...
where he graduated from
Brophy College Preparatory
Brophy College Preparatory is a Catholic high school in Phoenix, Arizona, United States founded in 1928. The school has an all-male enrollment of approximately 1,400 students. It is operated independently of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoeni ...
. He attended
Arizona State University
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public university, public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is o ...
as an English major, but flunked out while working as a runner for financier
Charles Keating
Charles Humphrey Keating Jr. (December 4, 1923 – March 31, 2014) was an American sportsman, lawyer, real estate developer, banker, financier, conservative activist, and convicted felon best known for his role in the savings and loan sc ...
. He earned a
Bachelor of Arts
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from the
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it ...
and an
MFA in creative writing from
Bennington College
Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont, United States. Founded as a women’s college in 1932, in 1997.
Career
Clarke moved to New York City where he worked at the
Harold Ober Associates literary agency. He quit his job after the release of his debut novel ''We're So Famous'' in 2001.
Laura van den Berg
Laura van den Berg (born May 31, 1983) is an American fiction writer. She is the author of five works of fiction. Her first two collections of short stories were each shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, in 2010 an ...
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 subsequently wrote a trilogy of novels about the protagonist Charlie Martens: ''Vernon Downs'', ''World Gone Water'', and ''Garden Lakes (2016).'' He is also the author of the Golden Age detective novel, ''The Disappearance of Swenson’s Secretary: A Harold Ober Mystery'' under the pseudonym J.D. West as well as the memoir, ''Typical of the Times: Growing Up in the Culture of Spectacle'', which is the basis for his microcast, Typical.
Clarke has taught creative writing at the
University of Massachusetts in Boston and
Emerson College
Emerson College is a private college in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It also maintains campuses in Los Angeles and Well, Limburg, Netherlands (Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of Public Speaking, o ...
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Personal life
Clarke is married to Mary Cotton with whom he owns a bookstore in
Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Newton Centre is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The main commercial center of Newton Centre is a triangular area surrounding the intersections of Beacon Street, Centre S ...
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1971 births
Living people
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
Arizona State University alumni
Bennington College alumni
Emerson College faculty
Novelists from Arizona
Novelists from Massachusetts
People from Kalispell, Montana
University of Arizona alumni
University of Massachusetts Boston faculty
Writers from Montana
Writers from Phoenix, Arizona