Clare Harvey

Clare Harvey was born in North Devon and she spent part of her childhood living in Mauritius. She is the author of four novels with historical settings. Her first book, The Gunner Girl, won both the Exeter Novel Prize and the Joan Hessayon Award for debut fiction and was followed by The English Agent, The Night Raid and The Escape. Clare took a diploma in fine art at Plymouth University, followed by a degree in Law at the University of Leicester. She also has postgraduate qualifications in print journalism and English tuition, and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Nottingham. Her fifth novel, set in wartime Mauritius, is awaiting publication, and she is currently at work on her sixth.