Clare Pooley graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge and spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising before becoming a full-time mum.
Clare lives in Fulham, London with her long-suffering husband, three children, dog and a cupboard filled with alcohol-free beer.
Clare is the author of the hugely popular blog, Mummy was a Secret Drinker, under the pseudonym Sober Mummy.
You can also find Clare on Facebook.com/SoberMummy
Clare lives in Fulham, London with her long-suffering husband, three children, dog and a cupboard filled with alcohol-free beer.
Clare is the author of the hugely popular blog, Mummy was a Secret Drinker, under the pseudonym Sober Mummy.
You can also find Clare on Facebook.com/SoberMummy
Genres: General Fiction, Romance, Literary Fiction
New and upcoming books
Novels
The Authenticity Project (2020)
The People on Platform 5 (2022)
aka Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
How to Age Disgracefully (2024)
The People on Platform 5 (2022)
aka Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
How to Age Disgracefully (2024)
Non fiction show
Clare Pooley recommends
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Someone in the Attic (2024)
Andrea Mara
"Gripping. . . I'll never look at the hatch up to my attic in the same way again!"
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Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame (2024)
Olivia Ford
"This novel is perfectly baked, utterly delicious, and completely moreish. Mrs. Quinn is destined to become the nation's favourite."
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The Christmas Orphans Club (2023)
Becca Freeman
"If you adore Christmas and loved Friends, then this is the perfect book for you. I would happily abandon my husband and kids to spend Christmas in New York with Hannah, Finn, Theo and Priya. A festive, funny, hug of a novel about love in all its forms."
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