About the writer

Larry D.
Clifton

A newspaperman’s eye. A storyteller’s instinct.

Larry D. Clifton is a Florida newspaper columnist and creative writer whose work spans commentary, short fiction, and thrillers. His columns have appeared in The Tampa Bay Times, The Hernando Sun, and other newspapers and websites.

Whether writing from life or imagination, Larry looks for the human story beneath the headline—the private choice, unexpected turn, or closely held truth that changes everything.

He is the author of Martin’s Secret, a fiction thriller about the cost of concealment and the dangerous distance between what people know and what they are willing to admit.