Claire’s passion for writing began with a love of reading. From age ten with a torch in hand, Claire would hide under her bed covers and read in secret late into the night.

In her late twenties, she decided to take writing seriously. During her subsequent time at Massey University, she won seven excellence awards completing Graduate Diplomas in Media Studies & Creative Writing. In 2023, Claire won the Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award for an original junior novel manuscript.

Claire lives in the South Island of New Zealand with her husband, four children and two cats who closely supervise Claire while she writes.