Clare Chambers (novelist)

Clare Chambers
Chambers at Hatchards London in 2024
Chambers at Hatchards London in 2024
Born1966 (age 58–59)
Croydon, Greater London, England, UK
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
Period1992–present
GenreRomance, children's fiction
Notable awardsRoNA Award
SpousePeter

Clare Chambers (born 1966) is a British novelist of different genres. In 1999, her novel Learning to Swim won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award[1] by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Biography

Clare Chambers was born in Croydon, Greater London, the daughter of English teachers. In 1984, she went up to Oxford to read English at Hertford College.[2][3] After graduating, she and her future husband, Peter, also a teacher, moved to New Zealand, where she wrote her first novel.[2] The couple lived in Norwood, Surrey, close to Selhurst Park, and in 1993 moved to Bromley, Kent, where they brought up their children.

Bibliography

Single novels

  • Uncertain Terms (1992)
  • Back Trouble (1994)
  • Learning to Swim (1998)
  • A Dry Spell (2000)
  • In a Good Light (2004)
  • The Editor's Wife (2007)
  • Bright Girls (2009)
  • Burning Secrets (2011)
  • Small Pleasures (2020)
  • Shy Creatures (2024)

References and sources

  1. ^ Awards awarded by the Romantic Novelists' Association, 7 October 2012
  2. ^ a b "Clare Chambers". Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Small Pleasures". Hertford College. Retrieved 10 April 2024.