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Authors - Brock Clarke

Brock Clarke is the author of the new novel "An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England" (Algonquin). The Washington Post raved that, "Clarke's novel sizzles. ... This straight-faced, postmodern comedy scorches all things literary, from those moldy author museums to the excruciating question-and-answer sessions that follow public readings. They're all singed under Clarke's crisp wit."

He is also the author of the novel "The Ordinary White Boy" and two story collections, " What We Won't Do" and "Carrying the Torch."

Brock has twice been named a finalist for the National Magazine Award in fiction. His work has appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review, OneStory, the Believer, the Georgia Review and the Southern Review. He has been anthologized in the Pushcart Prize and New Stories from the South collections; and included on NPR's Selected Shorts.

He teaches creative writing at the University of Cincinnati.

Visit him online at www.arsonistsguide.com.