Claire Christian tells stories
A multi-passionate author, playwright, theatre maker and facilitator who is committed to joy, words and garlic bread.
Introduction
Claire’s debut young adult novel BEAUTIFUL MESS won the 2016 Text Publishing Text Prize. It has been translated into four languages across five different countries – and counting. She is currently working on adapting it to film. In 2019 she secured a three-book deal with Text Publishing, the first of which will be released in October 2020. It’s Been A Pleasure, Noni Blake is a pleasure seeking, queer, romantic comedy.
Claire has written a bunch of plays you can read; TALKING TO BRICK WALLS, LYSA AND THE FREEBORN DAMES, THE LANDMINE IS ME and HEDONSIM’S SECOND ALBUM.
She has had the great joy of directing Michelle Law’s smash-hit play SINGLE ASIAN FEMALE from 2017. Claire is a proud member of the theatre collective THE MAMAS BOYS.
Claire has over fifteen years’ experience teaching, and facilitating, across multiple education and community sectors; where she has mostly works with teenagers helping them to tell excellent stories.
“Claire Christian is living glitter.”
— Azma Khan
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