Bridie Clark

Bridie Clark was born on October 7, 1977, and spent a happy childhood in West Hartford, CT. Her parents encouraged her early love of reading and writing.

In 1999, Bridie graduated from Harvard, where she majored in English and was an editor of the Harvard Crimson. Then she headed into the publishing world, working at Vanity Fair, New York, Simon & Schuster and most recently, as an editor at ReganBooks.

In November of 2004, Bridie left her desk job to write a novel, which turned into Because She Can with a strong assist from friends, family, her agent, and her editor at Warner Books. Because She Can has been sold in eight countries.

In 2006, she co-wrote Gawker's Guide to Conquering All Media (Atria, July 2007) and co-founded Blue State Coffee. Bridie lives in New York City with her husband, John, and is starting to work on her second novel.