Carin Clevidence is the author of The House on Salt Hay Road (FSG). In addition to a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, she has received fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center, the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation, and Sustainable Arts. Her work has appeared in The Michigan Quarterly Review, Story, O Magazine, OZY, and elsewhere. She is currently at work on her second novel.
“Both in life and literature, secrets often are viewed as socially inappropriate, whereas espionage is a line of work that sanctions lying, deceit, and secrets. Masters of the spy genre play with these layers of secrecy.”
“Is there ever enough solitude? I think I’ve always been alert to the competing tugs between togetherness and separateness, especially with regard to family life.”
