About Me


                                          
I am a writer and retired freelance editor living in New York City, where I reside far above the famous Magnolia Bakery of "Sex and the City" fame.  

Born and raised in Evanston, Illinois, I got my B.A. at Pomona College in California; received a Fulbright Scholarship to France, where I studied for two years; and got an M.A. and Ph.D. in French at Columbia University.  

I have traveled in Europe and in Mexico and Guatemala, where the Mayan sites especially fascinated me.

All my fiction deals with New York City 1830-1880, an interest first inspired by background research for my two published biographies: The Money Game in Old New York: Daniel Drew and His Times, and The Wickedest Woman in New York: Madame Restell, the Abortionist.  

I am also the author of André Breton, Arbiter of Surrealism, a critical study of the French Surrealist poet André Breton.  

For more on my published works, see the pages Fiction and Nonfiction.




I freely confess to being part greed creep, part seeker (seeking what? good question!).    

I have never owned a car, a cell phone, or a television, and cope as best I can with my computer.  Being technologically inept, I marvel that I have managed to launch and maintain this blog.  

Eating mostly but not exclusively vegan, I value garlic for its medicinal and culinary properties, not to mention its ability to fend off vampires.  (So far, it seems to be working.)

I love New York, think it the most exciting city in the world.

You can find all my books listed, and available for purchase, on my Author Central page at Amazon.

The best way to contact me is by e-mail: cliffbrowder@verizon.net. 


©  2021  Clifford Browder



           


6 comments:

  1. Hi Clifford, I have no tv, either. Or, rather, I don't have one that actually works. Keep meaning to get it fixed, but I can't say I miss it and one can get so much more work done. I keep garlic in the house, too. Though not to fend off vampires! Will now go and investigate the rest of your blog. Being nosey, I just wanted to read about you first!

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  2. No television-watching at my house, either. Pretty severe laptop screen addiction, though; lots of meandering through cyberspace, which is how I stumbled on your interesting blog...

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  3. You write well.
    jh bailes
    Head Lector, Church of No Tv.

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  4. Hi Clifford,
    Do you have an email or could you email me at szalutsky@gmail.com? I'm a filmmaker in NYC and I'm interested in discussing your book, the Wickedest Woman in New York.
    Thanks,
    Sam Zalutsky

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  5. Hi Clifford,
    I encountered your blog while seeking info on Eliza Jumel. (Just started "Burr" by Vidal.) Like you, no TV. Unlike you, rural NH. I look forward to more 'visits to NY'!

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    1. Rural New Hampshire doesn't sound so bad. I love New York, but often miss the country, where I used to bird- and flower-watch, hike, and look for slime molds and mushrooms. Do keep in touch.

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