Claire worked in marketing for over twenty years, until stumbling across Black Tudors: The Untold story inspired her to want to bring the too often hidden stories of Black British history to life for the next generation. She is passionate about the need for more stories highlighting people of African descent throughout British history and advocating for diverse representation in children's literature. Her debut children's book Time Tub Travellers and the Silk Thief won the Reader’s Choice Awards in the Diverse Book Awards 2025, won the Ink Book Prize 2024 and was highly commended in the Selfies book awards 2025.

She has spoken on panels at We Out Here festival, been interviewed on BBC Radio London, by TFL for their Conversations in the Cloud and featured on the History Roadshow, Can Art Save Us and Race to the Top podcasts.

She’s run Q&As for Dark Matter PR, spoken on panels with The Diverse Book Awards, CLPE and Inclusive Books for Children, workshops at the Big Malarky Festival in Hull, Southwark’s Festival of Words, Cantebury Children’s Literary Festival, We Out Here Festival and Portsmouth ComiCon. She has also run talks on Black British history and her author journey for corporate and adult audiences.

Claire’s biggest love is going into primary schools to run assemblies and workshops for KS2 bringing time travel and Black British history to life. Visit her schools page for more info.

Download her author sheet and press pack here