Writing was a natural extension to my "dream" world. In primary school, I convinced a friend to write a book with me. It was about a colony of ants with human traits. We did quite well, until we got to the end of our first chapter and ran out of story. Nowadays, my reading and writing tends toward humans with (sometimes) human traits.
I grew up in South Africa and hadn't owned a passport until I met my husband. He immediately dragged me to Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and then decided we had to go even further, all the way to his country of birth, England. We lived there for a few years, then returned to Cape Town for the arrival of our beautiful twin boys. But it wasn't long before my darling husband had his family on a plane back to England. For now, he contents himself with dragging us to the continent for short-term visits.
With a degree in Chemistry and Computer Science, I find that creating new worlds and people I can control not such a far stretch from designing software applications. Although most days I'm well aware that my characters tend to control me rather than the other way round.
My reading habits…
Romance, romance and more romance. I read across most genres, from historical to fantasy to paranormal to sci fi – my only criteria is that there must a strong romance thread in the story (and preferably a happy ending)
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You can also contact me on email at claire.robyns@googlemail.com
