a.a. clifford

THE MAN

a.a. clifford was born in 2003 upon the publication of his first novel, "SexLife." He was created from a frustration and desire of writer Gary Hardwick, who at that time was writing, television, movies, directing films and publishing thrillers under his own name. I was coming up with these fantastic stories I wanted to write but they were nothing like the books for which I had become known, gritty urban thrillers. ("Cold Medina," "Color of Justice") And so, I tabled them for years until I had to publish them by creating a separate identity. While I am practical and logical, a.a. clifford is not. He is very impulsive and suspicious about everything in life. He question everything from God to the price of bacon. I realized that mr. clifford was an excellent outlet for all of the things I wanted to say but could not for various reasons. 
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THE NAME
a.a. clifford's lowercase spelling is a homage to writer e.e. cummings who did the same. It is glaringly understated in its presentation and say two things at once: "I am here, but don't think too much of it." The name is composed of the middle names of my family Anette Alexander and my middle name, clifford.
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THE MISSION
a.a. clifford has published 5 novels fo say and various short works. The goal is to entertain and enthrall, shock and upset people as much as I can.  My first to novels, "SexLife and "Escape To Sex" are really one long novel about the meaning of life contemplated through the process of procreation. While I want everyone to read my works, "SexLife" is not a book for non-thinkers. It is dense, imaginative, profound and uninviting to anyone who likes things easy. It was read over a summer by a teaching assistant in Minnesota who gave it to his professor who contacted me and added it to a course on North American fiction. It has been called "brilliant" "confusing" and "shocking." It is all of those thing and what's more it is beautiful. I wrote the last line of the book first, then the first line and then I filled in the middle and that is how I write all of these novels now.
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THE END
If you read "Cold Medina," Gary Hardwick's first novel and "SexLife" a.a. clifford's first novel, you cannot tell they are written by the same person and in a way they are not. "Cold Medina" comes from my life as a child of the inner city in Detroit and it explores a Shakespearean story of murder, family and betrayal. "SexLife" dares to turn the entire world on hits head asking why there is a world in the first place. a.a. clifford as a lot more to say and I invite readers to experience it all.