TROWLAND CREEK PRESS

Claire Dowley graduated in English and American Literature from The University of Warwick.  She wandered around Europe for a few years working as a skiing instructor in the French Alps during the winter and sailing in the summer.  Settling in London, she worked for a theatrical agent managing clients in the West End, Hollywood and on Broadway before training to become a teacher.   Claire taught Literature in boarding schools in Australia for twenty-five years.  Having retired from teaching, she has started to write. 

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Blackwood, her first novel, is a bit of a romp around life in a boarding school and was a finalist in the 2021 Claymore Awards and longlisted for the McKitterick Prize 2023.  

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Mud is a more literary novel which explores the nature of deceptive communication.

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Claire is now working on Sand which will further explore how meaning and intent in how we communicate are slippery.