Author: Cliff

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.
October 15, 2012

What the Zhang Boys . . . Eat

The friendly folks at the Book Club Cook Book invited me to share with them a recipe that is somehow tied to my new…
October 15, 2012

Essay: Doorways on the Creative Process

Here’s a short essay that I wrote for the The Story Prize Blog, all about my creative process while working on the first draft…
October 11, 2012

Booklover Book Reviews Reviews What the Zhang Boys Know

Here’s another very positive review of What the Zhang Boys Know, this time from Booklover Book Reviews. The reviewer says, in part: I find it…
October 9, 2012

Virtual Book Tour: Interview with me

Today’s installment of the Virtual Book Tour is an interview with me at Write Now, Right Now: Betsy Ashton interviews Clifford Garstang
October 9, 2012

The New Yorker: “The Semplica-girl Diaries” by George Saunders

October 15, 2012: “The Semplica-girls Diaries” by George Saunders It’s Saunders, so you know there’s going to be something strange about this story. And…
October 8, 2012

Book Clubs

I would love to visit your book club, in person or by Skype or conference call. I had the great pleasure of visiting a book…
October 8, 2012

Book Dilettante Reviews What the Zhang Boys Know

Today the Virtual Book Tour stops at The Book Dilettante for a review of What the Zhang Boys Know. The reviewer says, in part:…
October 7, 2012

Stories I Read, Stories I Tell Reviews What the Zhang Boys Know

Writer/Blogger Eric Wyatt reviews What the Zhang Boys Know. Review excerpt: What the Zhang Boys Know is one drop of water from the Big…
October 6, 2012

Sign up now! Short Story Workshop almost full

Writing the Short Story–Make Your Story Great! is a 10-week online workshop that I teach through Writers.com. A new section of the course begins…
October 5, 2012

Shelf Awareness Reviews What the Zhang Boys Know

I love it when a publication I actually read runs a review of my book (not that this happens too often). Today, Shelf Awareness,…