Jon Clinch is an American novelist and teacher. Originally from upstate Oneida,New York, he graduated from Syracuse University and went on to teach American literature. Formerly creative director for various advertising agencies in the Philadelphia area, he now lives in Vermont. He has written stories which have been published in MSS magazine.
In February 2007 Random House published his first novel, Finn, a critically acclaimed[1][2][3] re-telling of the backstory of "Pap Finn," Huckleberry Finn's father from Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).
Named a Notable Book by the American Library Association, Finn was also named one of the best novels of 2007 by the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor and Book Sense. It was also shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle's first-ever Best Recommended List and the Sargent First Novel Prize.
Clinch's second novel, Kings of the Earth, will be published by Random House in 2010.
Notes
- ^ "The Sins of the Father", by Ron Charles, The Washington Post, February 18, 2007; Page BW01
- ^ "Books: This Finn Is a Real Shark", by David Gates, Newsweek, February 19, 2007
- ^ "Twain classic told through Pap's eyes", by Katherine Hill. San Francisco Chronicle, February 11, 2007.
References
- Finn: A Novel (2007). Random House. ISBN 978-1400065912
- Finn, book website.
- JonClinch.com, author website.
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