About the host:
Claire Christian is a storyteller; a playwright, author, theatre maker and facilitator, based in Brisbane.
Her first novel, Beautiful Mess won the Text Publishing Text Prize in 2016 and was released in 2017. Next came the bestselling contemporary adult fiction romance novels, It’s Been A Pleasure, Noni Blake published internationally in October 2020, followed by West Side Honey in 2023.
She directed Michelle Law's critically acclaimed play Single Asian Female for La Boite Theatre Company, which has had seasons in Sydney and Melbourne, and as a playwright Claire has been recognised both nationally and internationally including being shortlisted for the Griffin Theatre Award (2009) and completing the Royal Court Theatre Young Writers Program (2009). Her play Lysa and the Freeborn Dames was staged at La Boite in 2018 and published by Playlab Theatre. Her plays Hedonism’s Second Album, The Landmine is Me (both with David Burton) and Talking to Brick Walls are available through Playlab Theatre.
She has a Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing [QUT], a Graduate Diploma in Experiential Arts Therapy [MIECAT], and a Bachelor of Education [Griffith University]. In 2013 she was selected as one of the YWCA Queensland’s 125 Leading Women. In 2019 she was awarded a Queensland Literary Awards Fellowship.
You can find Claire on Instagram @claireandpearl