Claudia is an only child, wife, and mother who loves caramel apples, hates snakes, stands for social justice, sits at the feet of her Muse, accepts the fact that she’s getting older, denies the idea that her best years are behind her, reads voraciously, writes passionately, sings only when no one’s listening, and admits that she wrote her very first novel in a closet ~ both literally and figuratively speaking.
Claudia lives in Toronto, Canada
Contributing Stories
The Other Side of Limbo - The Yin Book, 2010
In Print
MIDDLE GRADE FANTASY: Simon is a fourteen-year-old Orphan with No Options: an O.W.N.O. And “oh no” pretty much sums up his life. Worse, Simon can’t remember a thing about his childhood. Then one night a bizarre dream unlocks some of those forgotten memories, leaving Simon with half of a key in his pajama pocket and a growing awareness that he’s in the middle of a dangerous plot that threatens to destroy Emogen, a hidden realm connected to Earth. In order to save Emogen – and his best friend – from a deadly curse, Simon needs to find out who he really is. But can he discover his true identity before it’s to late? Published by Simply Read Books
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Claudia in Real Life
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