23/06/2023
REMINDER - only 2 weeks until we are hosting an Independent Book Fair at The Hilt, supporting local talent in all areas of book making.
Today we introduce Claire Gradidge who was born and brought up in Romsey. After a career as, among other things, a nurse and a school librarian, she went to the University of Wi******er, where she graduated in 2009 with a first class honours BA in Creative Writing.
In January 2018, she was awarded a PhD in creative writing and The Unexpected Return of Josephine Fox was written as the creative element of her PhD study, which went on to win the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition.
An active member of the creative writing community, she is a founder member of Chandlers Ford Writers and participates in local writing events, including as a judge for poetry and prose competitions.