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Hearts of Glass
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Welcome to the website of Clare Flynn, award-winning and bestselling author of sixteen historical novels.

A Greater World was Clare’s debut novel  2014. In the years since it was released, Clare has written and published award-winning historical novels taking place across the world, including four books in her hugely popular Penang Series. She also has books available in German and French translation.

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The Sea, The Sea!

The Sea, The Sea!

It only recently occurred to me that I have at least one scene involving a voyage by sea in every single one of the nine books I’ve written. As I write this post I am getting ready for my own major sea voyage – a round-the-world cruise for four months. This has to be...

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Swooping Magpies!

Swooping Magpies!

I'm delighted to welcome as my guest this week, Liza Perrat, who's going to tell us about the perils of magpies, to coincide with the release of her 1970s medical drama set in Australia, The Swooping Magpie. Never having heard of this scary form of magpie I asked Liza...

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