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.
July 15, 2009

>Literary Fiction Defined

>Here’s a nice essay by Andrew Nicoll, author of The Good Mayor: A miss, then a hit. The main point of the article is…
July 15, 2009

>Sewanee Writers’ Conference 2009

>The wonderful Sewanee Writers’ Conference kicks into gear today (check in and opening ceremonies were yesterday), and I’m not there. I wish I were….
July 14, 2009

>E.C. Osondu Wins Caine Prize

>E.C. Osondu has won the Caine Prize (the “African Booker”) for his story “Waiting,” which appeared in Guernica. See the Poets & Writers announcement:…
July 13, 2009

>A Home with a Hideout

>This is a great article in the New York Times about novelist Roxanna Robinson: For a Writer, a Home with a Hideout. Robinson has…
July 13, 2009

>The Trouble with Book Signings

>I’ve been thinking about bookstore appearances lately, and have started to schedule them for the publication of my book. It’s hard, though, especially with…
July 8, 2009

>The Widow’s Season by Laura Brodie

>The Widow’s SeasonLaura BrodieBerkley Books ($14.00) Sarah McConnell’s husband is dead. Or is he? That’s his ghost she keeps seeing, isn’t it? No, it’s…
July 7, 2009

>Hot Serial

>Tor Books (primarily a science fiction and fantasy publisher) has launched a serialization of a new science fiction novel by Cory Doctorow that is…
July 6, 2009

>Bookstore Balkanization

>The bookstore I spend most of my time in, a niche Indie called Sacred Circle (its focus is religion and spirituality, but it also…