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Clare Chambers


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Clare Chambers was born in 1966, attended a school in Croydon, read English at Oxford and wrote her first novel while she was living in New Zealand. She is the author of Back Trouble, A Dry Spell and Learning to Swim, which won the 1998 Parker Romantic Novel of the Year award. She now lives in Kent with her husband and young family.
 

Genres: General Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Children's Fiction, Romance
 
New and upcoming books
August 2024

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Shy Creatures
 
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)
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Clare Chambers recommends
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You Are Here (2024)
David Nicholls
"You Are Here is David Nicholls' funniest, warmest and most addictive novel yet. Perfect."
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Clear (2024)
Carys Davies
"A wonderfully humane and moving depiction of loneliness and the connections forged between strangers that transcend all barriers, even language."
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Music in the Dark (2023)
Sally Magnusson
"A wonderful and moving story, beautifully told . . . an episode of history brought vividly to life."

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Awards
Romantic Novel of the Year Award Best Novel winner (1999) : Learning to Swim


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