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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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Boatplanes, Confessions and AGH! My Aching Shoulders
Poor old Ginny's having a bit of a rough time. Soon after the dis-arse-terous dinner party, she hears some news requiring her to make a speedy return to Blighty. That led to me searching for the quickest route to get her home again. I managed to find a copy of the...
Poisonous Flowers, Indian Gods and a bit of History
I was writing today about the Angels' Trumpet flowers that I saw everywhere around Munnar and Periyar. Ginny my character was painting them and I thought I'd better check I'd got the name right. Turns out they're highly toxic... so you never know what that might mean!...
Elephants and Contraceptives
I've just used something that actually happened to me in my novel Kurinji Flowers. About five years ago (2007), I went to India for the first time and was driven at night from the airport at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu to my destination, a yoga retreat near Coonoor.The...
