About Me

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Born in Weston-super-Mare in 1980, C.J. (Claire) is the author of eleven novels including the Young Adult novels Pretty Bad Things, Rockoholic, Dead Romantic, Monster and The Deviants and adult crime thrillers The Alibi Girl and the Sweetpea quintet  (Sweetpea, In Bloom, Dead Head, Thorn in my Side and The Bad Seeds). She has a First Class BA degree in Creative Studies in English and an MA in Writing for Young People with Distinction, both from Bath Spa University. C.J. worked in publishing from 2008-2017 both in editorial and as a professional reader, and now works as a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing. Sweetpea has been optioned by See Saw Films and is in production with Sky Atlantic. Book four in the Sweetpea series Thorn in My Side is available for pre-order now. Book 5 will be published late 2024.

RIGHTS SOLD:

Pretty Bad Things:   Audio (AudioGo), ANZ (Scholastic Australia) Canada (Scholastic Canada), France (Gallimard), Germany (Chicken House Deutschland), Greece (Patakis), Norway (Damm), USA (Scholastic USA)

Rockoholic: Audio (AudioGo), ANZ (Scholastic Australia), Canada (Scholastic Canada), France (Gallimard), Germany (Chicken House Deutschland), USA (Scholastic USA)

Dead Romantic: Audio (AudioGo), ANZ (Scholastic Australia), Canada (Scholastic Canada)

Monster: Vietnam (Nha Nam)

The Deviants: France (Anne Carriere Editions)

Sweetpea: Audio (Audible), China (Complex Chinese Character, Spring Intl.), China (Simplified Chinese Character, Beijing White Horse) France (Denoel), Poland (Burda), Russia (Storytel), TV rights (See Saw Films)

In Bloom: Audio (Audible), China (Simplified Chinese Character, Beijing White Horse), Russia (Storytel)

Dead Head: Russia (Storytel), Audio (Audible)

The Alibi Girl: Audio (Audible), Dyslexia-Friendly version (Clarity Books), Russia (Arkadia)

For all Foreign Rights/Film & TV queries, please contact my literary agent Jenny Savill at Andrew Nurnberg Associates, Intl. on (020) 3327 0400 or email info@nurnberg.co.uk