Claire Cook wrote her first novel in her minivan when she was forty-five. At fifty, she walked the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of the film adaptation her second novel, Must Love Dogs, starring Diane Lane and John Cusack. She is the... Read full bio
Author Revealed:
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Karma is a boomerang. (One of my characters said it first!)
From the author of Must Love Dogs comes a winning and witty novel about a woman who emerges from the shadow of her overbearing family and finds herself...
Q. What is your motto or maxim?A. Karma is a boomerang. (One of my characters said it first!)Q. What’s your greatest fear?A. That I’m still a bartender and I can’t remember where this drink should go. Oh, wait, that's the recurring nightmare.Q. What’s your greatest flaw?A. I can’t do anything halfway.Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?A. My literary agent once told me it was Aww. I think she actually called it a verbal tic. That’s the kind of agent you want to have.Q. With whom in history do you most identify?A. P.T. Barnum. I’m a direct descendant, and by the way, he did not say, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” He said, “There’s a customer born every minute.” I have updated that to, “There’s a reader born every minute.”Learn more about Claire Cook
...latest is the perfect beach read! For fans of: Jen Lancaster or Emily Giffin WALLFLOWER IN BLOOM By: Claire Cook Photo Credit Simon and Schuster From the bestselling author of Must Love Dogs comes an irresistible novel about one woman’s...
...West Chapter, contact Pat Bruschini by email . Over 75 attended the event to hear the authors, Wendy Wax, Claire Cook and Cindy Woodsmall tell their stories on how they got their start writing novels and what inspires them to write. The evening...
...Three best-selling authors will discuss their books and books in general in terms of past, present and future. Claire Cook's past includes a most moving experience as she loves telling about the first of her ten novels that she penned at age 45 in her...
...life’s hardest moments—all of it reflected in the unfolding drama, comedy, and convergent lives of Downton Abbey. Claire Cook, bestselling author of Must Love Dogs, says, “While We Were Watching Downton Abbey is a tribute to the transformative...
...life’s hardest moments—all of it reflected in the unfolding drama, comedy, and convergent lives of Downton Abbey. Claire Cook, bestselling author of Must Love Dogs, says, “While We Were Watching Downton Abbey is a tribute to the transformative...
...Weston High School senior Matthew Proctor, is paid tribute by... Weston High School Principal Lisa Wolak and senior Claire Cook, who was presented with a Future First Citizen Award on Tuesday. Photo: Jarret Liotta Weston High School Principal Lisa...
...that Mrs Hodgkiss escaped with just minor injuries despite being at the centre of the blast. Ed and Claire Cook had to move out of their home for three months with their three cats, after their home was left needing a new door, windows and work on the...
...High School student Corey Werner, Barbara Butler, director of Westport?s Human Services Department, and Weston High School student Claire Cook. The students received Future First Citizen Awards. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com Previous...
...for 2012. Staples High School students, seniors Jacqueline Prager Devine and Corey Werner, and Weston High School senior Claire Cook and junior Matthew Proctor will each receive “Future First Citizen Awards.” The event will include a cocktail...
...for 2012. Staples High School students, seniors Jacqueline Prager Devine and Corey Werner, and Weston High School senior Claire Cook and junior Matthew Proctor will each receive “Future First Citizen Awards.” The event will include a cocktail hour,...
...Barbara Butler and Ken Edgar; leaders of the future are Jacqueline Devine and Corey Werner from Staples and Claire Cook and Matthew Proctor from Weston High School. The chamber also runs a holiday Gingerbread House Decorating fundraiser. Thirty people...
...For Claire Cook, the future has long been when, not if, she will get breast cancer. Mrs Cook was by her mother’s side as she fought the disease for seven years...