Clare Chambers | |
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 Chambers at Hatchards London in 2024 | |
| Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Croydon, Greater London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Period | 1992–present |
| Genre | Romance, children's fiction |
| Notable awards | RoNA Award |
| Spouse | Peter |
Clare Chambers (born 1966) is a British novelist of different genres. In 1999, her novel Learning to Swim won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award [1] by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Clare Chambers was born in Croydon, Greater London, the daughter of English teachers. In 1984, she went up to Oxford to read English at Hertford College. [2] [3] After graduating, she and her future husband, Peter, also a teacher, moved to New Zealand, where she wrote her first novel. [2] The couple lived in Norwood, Surrey, close to Selhurst Park, and in 1993 moved to Bromley, Kent, where they brought up their children.
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