If you’ve read my memoir collection Not Quite Lost, you’ll know I am laughably inept at foreign languages. So I greatly admire people who can navigate a language that isn’t their inborn tongue. Esp…

Fifty Tales of Longing and Rebellion

Listen to the audiobook Woman of the Hour, written by Claire Polders, narrated by Teri Schnaubelt.

flash fiction by Claire Polders

On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.

On grief, euthanasia in the Netherlands, and saying goodbye.

Time Temperament Questionnaire — Claire Polders IN WHAT DIMENSION DO YOU spend most of your waking...

How writing in English—and traveling the world—made me a more daring author By Claire Polders  I have many reasons for writing in English. I love the language, its words, grammar, and idioms. My husba...

“The riveting characters in Woman of the Hour are full of desire, anger, regret, and darkness. Their fragmented lives are tough, but their grit inspires.” Grant Faulkner, executive producer on…

By Claire Polders I’m not a poet. I voiced this denial multiple times in my life and with complete conviction. It’s the first thing I told Alyson Shelton when she invited me to contribute to her “W…

Comparing Da Nang and Nha Trang, the secret CIA base in Laos, the reinvention of Catania, Sumba is not Bali, and more travel reads.

If you write material outside your agent’s wheelhouse, don’t be afraid of making an unagented pitch. Each success is a win-win for both of you.

We are open for poetry, creative nonfiction, and flash fiction through May 15th!

"Perfect for readers who love a touch of the fantastic and the impossible." --Booklist A hopeful and heroic girl befriends a small, lost whale during World War II and together they embark on a journey...

Closer by Miriam Gershow

On hybrid forms, the fractious world we live in, and the beauty that connects us.