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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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A Room of One’s Own – Where Writers Write
I used to love that regular feature about writers’ rooms in the UK Guardian. It combined the pleasures of being nosy and having a peek into someone else’s home, with insights about how other writers work and whether they operate in pristine conditions or total chaos....
Trains, Planes and Automobiles
One of the essentials of writing historical fiction is that you get your background details right. What I hadn't realised when I started on this journey was that I would have to do so much research around modes of transport. I'd never shown the remotest interest in...
The Perez Simon Collection at Leighton House
I was lucky enough to receive an impromptu invitation to a private view of the Pérez Símon exhibition, 'A Victorian Obsession', at Leighton House in Kensington this week. I'd been planning to go to the exhibition anyway (and will probably go again) as I adore...
