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Clare C-Saunders was born in Derbyshire, England. She has Celtic ancestry and the old folklore originating from around the British Isles inspires her story telling today.
"Charlotte & Arthur's Adventures" is a new middle grade book series Clare is currently working on with her publisher, Fisher King Publishing ltd. Both published books in this magical series have enjoyed time featuring in an Amazon top 100 best sellers list.
"Yule & the Helter Skelter" is the first in the series and is available to buy worldwide in all good book stores and on Amazon in paperback, kindle and audiobook. This promises to be a festive winter wonderland treat for young readers who love all things holiday season and with 25 chapters can also be enjoyed every year as a family advent calendar countdown.
The next book in this series is "The Pumpkin Portal", this will thrill Halloween fans. It's a fun, magical adventure featuring a folklore inspired Pumpkin King named Tricky Jack, who loves to trick people into sink bogs with his magical lanterns. He's cast a spell over the Wheel World to make it his season of Halloween all year round. Follow Charlotte and Arthur as they battle evil on their broomsticks to save their 16 year old childminder, Amara, after she is whisked away from them at the pumpkin patch. This is available now in paperback and ebook. Audio book to follow.
Clare is currently writing the third novel in this middle grade series called "The Crystal Dragon's Egg." After this there'll be a spin off young adult series called "R.A.M.A" (Royal Academy of Magical Arts) which will contain teen/young adult themes allowing readers to grow up with the books.
"Seven Nights of Snuggles" was Clare's first book. Her daughter Rose illustrated the entire book while she was only 10 years old. This reached number 2 on the Amazon best sellers list for children's fiction in 2017.
Before Clare went down the author path, she enjoyed an extensive acting career spanning over 20 years in stage, television and film. Over this career one of her favourite companies to work with was the award-winning London theatre company, Blue Star Productions, with whom Clare played lead roles in children's shows including Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Belle in Beauty and the Beast and the title roles in Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, to name but a few. During these shows Clare built up an understanding of what children love, as she talked to audience members after performances during meet and greets and whilst signing their programmes. It was through her work with her own children's entertainment company that she discovered her love of writing stories as well as performing them.
Other writing work includes a pantomime version of Snow White and a children's internet safety campaign series called "The Internet Wizard" both of which she wrote, produced and directed for her local radio station, "Erewash Sound," where she also hosted "The Sunday Breakfast Show" from 2019-2022.
Today, when not writing, Clare can be found recording voice overs in her home recording studio, working under her stage name, Clare Cunliffe. Clients have included Craig Revel Horwood's production of "Strictly Ballroom the Musical", a celebrity led cast of Aladdin, and other well known brands, such as Holland & Barrett.
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