Claire Cook wrote her first novel in her minivan at 45. At 50, she walked the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of the adaptation of her second novel, Must Love Dogs, starring Diane Lane and John Cusack. She's now the New York Times bestselling author of 14 books and she's reinvented herself again by turning Must Love Dogs into a series as well as writing her first nonfiction book Never Too Late: Your Roadmap to Reinvention (#1 Amazon Bestseller Women's Personal Growth!) to share everything she's learned on her own journey that might help you in your own. She has a started her own company, Marshbury Beach Books, to re-release 7 of her backlist books as well as 4 new ones. If you have a buried dream, Claire is living proof that it is never too late!Claire has been a judge for the Family Circle magazine fiction contest, a finalist and a judge for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and the Beach Book Festival fiction and grand prize winner. She has spoken at the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, Denmark Literary Festival, Savannah Book Festival, the California Women's Conference, and given keynotes at the Dress for Success International Conference, the Missouri Writers Guild Conference, the Amelia Island Book Festival, and many more. Her books have been translated into 14 languages.Claire was a teacher for sixteen years before writing her first book, and worked with children from preschool to middle school, teaching everything from multicultural games and dances, to writing, to open ocean rowing. She was born in Virginia, and lived for many years in Scituate, Massachusetts, a beach town between Boston and Cape Cod. She and her husband have recently moved to the suburbs of Atlanta to be closer to their two adult kids, who actually want them around again. Show less «