Claire is available for author visits and writing workshops at schools, libraries and conferences.
Read more on her Presentations page. Read what others who've had her visit their
school have to say on the Schedule page.
Claire's books transport readers to the North Country so you can ruffle the thick fur of a sled dog or
spend a day with classmates in an outpost school. Put yourself in the cleats of a teenage baseball
player when he discovers a secret about his mom and her connection to the Vietnam War
in the novel
Free Radical.
Or, try on the sandals of daring women who inhabit the desert lands that are home to the foremothers
and forefathers of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam in
Daughters of the Desert
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Claire's upcoming picture book with Peachtree Books - Susan B., Mama and Me features
a real girl in California who meets Susan B. Anthony during the 1896 campaign for women's suffrage.
"That Woman & Big Noise"
The play that celebrates the 2010 centennial of women winning the vote in Washington State.
Read about Washington's two famous suffragists and the women retelling their story 100 years later:
Pioneers at the Polls
The Storyteller's Inkpot
Claire and other award winning authors, all professors in Hamline University's MFA in Writing
for Children and Young Adults Program, share their thoughts on current books, writing principles they follow,
tips on getting your book published, ways of connecting with young readers and exercises to generate new material.
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