Another stab...former F&SF editor and current publisher Gordon Van Gelder
notes:
This sounds congruent with Rick
Bowes, Jeffrey Ford, and Paul Park,
but none of the details line up well
enough to make me think we have a match.

fwd TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/07/ssw-dale-or-william-dale-jennings.html

On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 9:41 PM Traci Joy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Male author who wrote fiction in the ~1990's about his fictional(?)
> childhood in the 1950's NY/NJ or MA coast. A lot of clam eating mentioned.
> All of his books have an element of fantasy - whether about women or his
> fictionalized, somewhat idealistic world as a child growing up in the
> 1950's. I think some of these books might have been part of a series. The
> covers were 1950's inspired font and imagery.
>
> Also, he wrote one specific book about a woman who lived her life on a
> stage. People could come view her play on stage, which was really just her
> living a solitary life in a small town theatre.
>
> I am totally BLANKING on this author's name. His books would have been in
> bookstores in the 1990s (Barnes and Noble and Borders), but I think he
> fell out of popularity at one point, or stopped writing. (If he ever was
> very popular??) Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you!
> Traci
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