Clare Chambers (novelist)
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Clare Chambers | |
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Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Croydon, Greater London, England, UK |
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | English |
Nationality | British |
Period | 1992–present |
Genre | Romance, children's fiction |
Notable awards | RoNA Award |
Spouse | Peter |
Clare Chambers (born 1966) is a British novelist of different genres. In 1999, her novel Learning to Swim won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award[1] by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Biography
Clare Chambers was born in Croydon, Greater London, the daughter of English teachers. In 1984, she went up to Oxford to read English at Hertford College.[2][3] After graduating, she and her future husband, Peter, also a teacher, moved to New Zealand, where she wrote her first novel.[2] The couple lived in Norwood, Surrey, close to Selhurst Park, and in 1993 moved to Bromley, Kent, where they brought up their children.
Bibliography
Single novels
- Uncertain Terms (1992)
- Back Trouble (1994)
- Learning to Swim (1998)
- A Dry Spell (2000)
- In a Good Light (2004)
- The Editor's Wife (2007)
- Bright Girls (2009)
- Burning Secrets (2011)
- Small Pleasures (2020)
References and sources
- ^ Awards awarded by the Romantic Novelists' Association, 7 October 2012
- ^ a b "Clare Chambers". Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Small Pleasures". Hertford College. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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