Edie Clark

Edythe ("Edie") Sterling Clark (December 10, 1948 – July 7, 2024) was an American nonfiction author who lived in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire. She was known for her writings with Yankee magazine and books on New England life.

Early life Clark was born in Summit, New Jersey, and attended Gill St. Bernard's School, graduating in 1966. She graduated from Beaver College, now known as Arcadia University. In 1973 she and her first husband moved to New Hampshire, as a part of the country life movement. is a memoir of her husband, Paul Bolton, who died of cancer at the age of 39. In the book Clark examined her recent experience of cancer and at death. The New York Times Book Review called The Place He Made "a triumph of the human spirit . . . sure to take its place among the best of the literature." Subsequent works include As Simple As That, which is a collection of her essays and vignettes from the Mary's Farm columns she wrote for Yankee, and Saturday Beans and Sunday Suppers: Kitchen Stories from Mary's Farm, a combination of memoir and recipes.

Clark also wrote for Yankee magazine, with her first article appearing in 1979. In writing the forward for the edition, the editor noted that one nomination for articles that should be included indicated "anything by Edie Clark".

A moving obituary contains many details of her life.

Selected publications

2003 As Simple as That 2004 The View from Mary's Farm 2007 Monadnock Tales 2014 States of Grace: Encounters with Real Yankees