Claire Fuller
English novelist based in Winchester; author of Our Endless Numbered Days (2015), Bitter Orange (2018), Unsettled Ground (2021, Costa Novel Award) and Hunger and Thirst (2026).
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Coming of age is the period when we fully become ourselves, and often the most vivid of our lives.
Their wordsWe’ve all been through that period of our lives and it’s often the most vivid, no matter our age. It’s when we fully become ourselves and interact with the world on our terms.
↗Nine Coming-of-Age Novelsclairefuller.co.uk 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsThis collection of Canadian short stories should definitely be better known because they’re wonderful.
↗Nine Coming-of-Age Novelsclairefuller.co.uk 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 8 weeks earlier
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Their wordsMy perfect kind of novel. Beautiful writing, with every sentence crafted and considered, but with a gripping story and characters.
- 8 months earlier
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Their wordsit seemed more suited than Blood Orange, which I think sounds very thriller-like, and Bitter Orange isn’t a thriller.
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Their wordsBut although blurbs might still be useful to some readers, they are helpful for when the publisher is trying to get a retailer to stock the book and help promote it.
↗From Editing to Publication: Proofs, ARCs, Quotes and Blurbsclairefuller.co.uk 1st of 2 in this piece
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Our reading
Established authors should pay it forward by agreeing to receive proofs from newer writers.
Their wordsI feel there should be more paying-it-forward going on.
↗From Editing to Publication: Proofs, ARCs, Quotes and Blurbsclairefuller.co.uk 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 3 months earlier
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Their wordsBeautiful, tragic, moving. The Wilderness really deserves to be better known.