Robert Clark (born April 9, 1952) is an American novelist and writer of

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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

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, he lives in

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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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