Jaime Clarke

Jaime Clarke (born 1971) is an American novelist and editor. He is a founding editor of the literary journal Post Road Magazine[1] and co-owner, with his wife, of Newtonville Books, an independent bookstore in Boston.

Not to be confused with Jamie Clarke.

Jaime Clarke
Born (1971-04-15) April 15, 1971
Kalispell, Montana
OccupationNovelist, editor
GenreFiction and Non-fiction
Literary movementPostmodernism
Website
www.jaimeclarke.com

Biography

Clarke was born in Kalispell, MT, but grew up in Phoenix, AZ, attending Brophy College Preparatory and Arizona State University before graduating with a creative writing degree from the University of Arizona.[2] He also holds an MFA in creative writing from Bennington College.[3]

Out of high school, Clarke worked as a runner for financier Charles Keating. He then earned degrees at the University of Arizona and Bennington College before moving to New York City, where he worked at the Harold Ober Associates literary agency.[2]

Clarke has taught creative writing at the University of Massachusetts in Boston and Emerson College.

His novels Vernon Downs, World Gone Water, and Garden Lakes are part of his Charlie Martens trilogy and is collected in a limited-edition omnibus published by Roundabout Press to celebrate the story collection Minor Characters, (New York Times New & Noteworthy selection) featuring original stories about the minor characters in the trilogy by Mona Awad, Christopher Boucher, Kenneth Calhoun, Nina de Gramont, Ben Greenman, Annie Hartnett, Owen King, Neil LaBute, J. Robert Lennon, Lauren Mechling, Shelly Oria, Stacey Richter, Joseph Salvatore, Andrea Seigel, and Daniel Torday. The collection features a foreword by Jonathan Lethem, and an introduction by Laura van den Berg.[4][5]

Laura van den Berg 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."[5]

He is the author of the Golden Age detective novel, The Disappearance of Swenson’s Secretary: A Harold Ober Mystery under the pseudonym J.D. West.[6]

Bibliography

Novels [3]

  • We’re So Famous, Bloomsbury USA, 2001. Re-issued by Bloomsbury in 2016, with an introduction by Charles Bock.
  • Vernon Downs, Roundabout Press, 2014. Republished by Bloomsbury in 2015
  • World Gone Water, Bloomsbury, 2015
  • Garden Lakes, Bloomsbury, 2016

Short fiction

Essays and interviews

As editor[3]

Memoir

References
  1. "About". Post Road Magazine. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  2. Brian Smith (August 25, 2006). "Almost Famous". phoenixnewtimes.com.
  4. Noble, Barnes &. "Vernon Downs/World Gone Water/Garden Lakes: The Complete Charlie Martens Trilogy|Paperback". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  5. Berg, Laura van den (April 6, 2021). "The Chronicler of Obsession: Jaime Clarke's Minor Characters". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  6. "Jaime Clarke: Author". Retrieved July 23, 2021.
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