Terence Clarke is a publisher, developmental editor, novelist (Mercury House, Ballantine Books), short-story writer (The Yale Review, The Antioch Review), journalist (San Francisco Chronicle, Salon.com, Huffington Post), and translator (Pablo Neruda's 100 Sonnets of Love). Influences include Jane Austen, Frank O'Connor, and Eduardo Galeano. His novels include My Father in the Night, The King of Rumah Nadai, and A Kiss for Señor Guevara. His short-story collections include The Day Nothing Happened, Little Bridget and the Flames of Hell, and New York. In his spare time, Terry enjoys a rather serious relationship with Argentine tango music and dance.
