Andrea Yaryura Clark grew up in Argentina amid the political violence of the 1970s until her family moved to North America.
She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, two sons and a spirited terrier..
She conducted numerous interviews documenting their stories, which inspired her debut novel of historical fiction.
She followed with interest the stories then emerging about the children of the disappeared--the youngest victims of Argentina\'s military dictatorship in the 1970s--who were coming of age and grappling with the fates of their families.
After completing her university studies, she returned to Buenos Aires to reconnect with her roots.
Andrea Yaryura Clark grew up in Argentina amid the political violence of the 1970s until her family moved to North America