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Ash Clifton

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Gainesville, FL, The United States

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Ash Clifton was raised in Gainesville, Florida, where he attended the university and got a B.A. in English. He then earned an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. His short fiction has appeared in The Missouri Review, The Massachusetts Review, Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts, and StepAway Magazine. He is also the author of Twice the Trouble, a mystery novel forthcoming from Crooked Lane Books.

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Average rating: 3.58 · 278 ratings · 52 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Twice the Trouble 3.58 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ash Clifton rated a book it was amazing Invitation to Murder (A Killer Event Mystery) by Carol Floriani	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I read this over vacation and I loved it. It's got a great setting (a small town in the New Jersey Palisades), and the main character, Lacey, is smart and likable. She just wants to get on with her life, running her party-planning business and maybe ...more
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Ash Clifton and 2 other people liked Cara Putman's review of Twice the Trouble: "3.5 stars This is a very gritty PI story that is for those who love Jack Reacher and other novels that twist and turn with an anti-hero as the protagonist. It was well plotted and written."
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Ash Clifton rated a book it was amazing The Mechanics of Memory by Audrey Lee (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A really inventive and entertaining thriller! It kind of feels like Martha Grimes and William Gibson (two of my faves) teamed up to write a mystery/sci-fi thriller, and it works! It's one of those vivid, trippy books that, when you start to realize w ...more
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Ash Clifton rated a book it was amazing Cold to the Touch by Kerri Hakoda (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a fine mystery. Vivid, exciting, and smart. I loved the stark, icy setting (in and around Anchorage, AK), and it’s got one of the most compelling main characters I’ve seen in a long time. Detective DeHavilland Beans is believably flawed and e ...more
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Ash Clifton and 56 other people liked Douglas's review of All the Birds, Singing: "Thanks to Goodreads and Knopf Books for the advance copy. All the Birds, Singing is a mythical masterpiece. Thick with brooding imagery, this novel reminds me of Cormac McCarthy's prose. I was hooked from the very first sentence: “Another sheep, mangl" Read more of this review »
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Ash’s Quotes

“Nationalism is our form of incest, is our idolatry, is our insanity. 'Patriotism' is its cult...Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one's country which is not part of one's love for humanity is not love, but idolatrous worship.”
― Erich Fromm

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“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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