Official Bio
Claire Boston fell in love with romance and romantic suspense at eleven when she discovered her mother’s stash of Nora Roberts novels. Like Nora, she writes series set around families or groups of friends with a guaranteed happy ending.
She loves travelling, and learning about new cultures and interesting vocations, which she then weaves into her writing.
When Claire’s not at the computer typing her stories, she can be found creating her own handmade journals, swinging on a sidecar, or in the garden attempting to grow something other than weeds.
Claire lives in Western Australia with her husband, who loves even her most annoying quirks and is currently learning how to knit.
You can find her complete book list here.
She is also available for author talks and writing workshops and can be contacted through her Contact page.
The Unofficial Story
I have always loved to read. As a child, my favourite novels were by Enid Blyton and included the Folk and the Faraway tree, the Secret Seven and Famous Five, and really anything that she wrote. I then progressed to Nancy Drew and Trixie Beldon, as well as the Baby-sitters Club (yes, I may have tried to form my own version of it) and Sweet Valley High. Then one school holiday when I was eleven, the unthinkable happened – I ran out of books to read! After getting tired of me complaining, my mum handed me Hot Ice by Nora Roberts and I fell instantly in love with romance.
I decided I wanted to be an author while I was at university, and started writing a fantasy novel, but then life got in the way (I actually had to go out and get a job) and the novel was put aside. A few years later, after a particularly awful week at work, I decided I really didn’t want to do what I was doing for the rest of my life. I took a week of annual leave and started writing in earnest – a romance novel this time. By the end of the week I had a 14,000 word completed story, which wasn’t anywhere near long enough to be published – and even I could tell it wasn’t very good. Undeterred, I searched the internet for help, discovered the Romance Writers of Australia, joined, and never looked back. With the help of my critique group my writing improved, I wrote four complete fantasy novels and one contemporary romance before Momentum decided to publish What Goes on Tour (cue happy-dancing and squeals of delight).
I love to write about close friends and families, and somehow social issues often turn up in my novels. I have a lot of difficulty being mean to my characters because I love them so much, and often have to go back during the edits and throw more stones at them.
When I’m not writing (which isn’t very often), I like to try new things. I garden (with limited success), I ride vintage motocross, including swinging on a sidecar, I make hand-bound journals and of course, I read. I love to learn new things and have recently discovered the joys and frustrations of knitting and crocheting. Some of my projects can be found below.
I’m usually extremely organised and enjoy bullet-journalling, but strangely enough, I was a pantser when I first started writing, not knowing much about what my stories were going to be about. These days I'm learning to plot a lot more. I enjoy talking about writing, and if you get me started it can be hard to shut me up. I’m always happy to help other writers on their journey as well.
I love to travel and have been fortunate enough to spend time in Germany, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ecuador and South-East Asia.
I live in Western Australia, not far from the beach, with my husband.
Hand made Journal
Crocheted Christmas Tree skirt
Baby Yoda
Garden Arch
