About Clare

Clare in blue blouse
Birthday joy
My husband and I live in the woods of Minnesota. I earned three BA degrees in theater and speech, humanities, and costuming arts. When working in costuming turned into drudgery, I went back to school, graduated from a broadcasting school, and worked in radio for many years.  As a young mother, I later earned an MS in journalism and mass communications. I taught at Iowa State for many years and also worked in public relations for a community college and later for the City of Ames. I’ve been published dozens of times as a freelance writer and now have three published novels. My first two novels received five-star reviews from Readers’ Favorite, a national book review site.