Stephan Eirik Clark is the author of the short story collection Vladimir's Mustache. Born in West Germany and raised between England and the United States, Clark holds a Master's degree in English Literature with a creative writing emphasis from the Univeristy of California, Davis and a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. A former print and radio journalist, he lives in Minneapolis and teaches creative writing at Augsburg College. SWEETNESS #9 is his first novel.