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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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Vicarious Visit to the Harrogate Odeon
Having completed my revisions to A Greater World and sent it back to my agent (a reworking of the way the protagonists meet) after a somewhat hesitant start, I've now begun a radical rewrite of Kurinji Flowers. Today my characters went to the movies at the Odeon in...
My Top Tip for Editing
This giant stuck together spreadsheet is hanging on the back of my office door! I was feeling overwhelmed by the size of the task facing me in doing some fairly major rewriting of my novel, A Greater World. I'd make some changes only to discover I'd already written...
Tales from the War Zone
I haven't posted for a while - I've been deep in editing - now on draft 3. I have several new scenes to write and need to get these sorted over the next couple of days. Not easy though as I am also working full time on Make it and Mend it as we have a summer intern...
